Patent ID: 7116190

Claim:
A patch connector, capable of bridging slot transmission lines comprising: an elongated dielectric connector body having first and second opposing ends, opposing sides extending between said first and second ends, a top surface and an opposing bottom surface between said opposing sides and between said first and second ends; and, a first slot transmission line formed in at least one of said top and side surfaces, said first slot transmission line having a first end that terminates on said bottom surface proximate to said first end of said connector body, said first slot transmission line having a second end that terminates on said bottom surface proximate to said second end of said connector body, said first and second ends of said slot transmission line capable of being electrically coupled to corresponding transmission lines in at least one substrate to which said connector body is attached, the distance between the first and second ends of the first slot transmission line being substantially equal to the distance separating two separate slot transmission lines in said at least one substrate.