Patent ID: 8081044

Claim:
A surface-mountable waveguide arrangement comprising: a dielectric carrier material having a first main side and a second main side, the second side comprising a ground plane, and the first side forming a microwave circuit layout by means of metallization patterns on the respective sides, the microwave circuit layout further comprising a footprint for a surface-mountable waveguide part; a waveguide part comprising an open side; a part of the footprint constituting a closing wall for closing the open side; the waveguide part being mounted to a footprint solder area comprised in the footprint; the footprint solder area having an outer contour, said footprint solder area corresponding to a solderable contact area on the waveguide part, wherein a solderstop line is formed on the footprint, at least partly defining a border between the closing wall and the footprint solder area, the solderable contact area has a width that extends between an inner edge and an outer edge, and the solderstop line is arranged to be positioned inside the inner edge when the waveguide part is mounted to the dielectric carrier material.