Patent ID: 6945786

Claim:
A method for transferring radio frequency (RF) signals greater than about 500 MHz between first and second cooperating circuit boards, which comprises: positioning a housing member against the first printed circuit board, said housing member including a plurality of clip receiving slots and a conductive clip member received within each clip receiving slot, each clip member including only opposing free ends that extend beyond the housing member which can make electrical contact such that one free end of each clip member engages circuits on the first printed circuit board; biasing the other free end of each clip member into connection with a circuit of a second printed circuit board such that a center clip member interconnects a radio frequency (RF) signal line and adjacent clip members interconnect ground lines and other clip members adjacent to the ground lines interconnect DC signal lines; transferring RF signals between the boards via the conductive clip member engaging RF signal lines; and transferring DC signals via the clip members interconnecting DC signal lines, and transferring ground connections via the clip members interconnecting ground lines such that the clip members interconnecting ground lines provide isolation and improve return loss.