Patent ID: 7358924

Claim:
An antenna feed network that capacitively couples a stripline to a coupled line, at least a portion of said antenna feed network extending parallel to a ground face, said antenna feed network comprising: a stripline, a capacitive coupling device providing a capacitive connection to said coupled line, the stripline extending at the capacitive coupling device parallel to the ground face, at the capacitive coupling device, the stripline of the feed network having a first coupling section with a first coupling face and the coupled line having a second coupling section associated with a second coupling face, the first and second coupling faces being disposed in parallel to one another, a retaining clip that fixes the relative positions of the first coupling section and the second coupling section in such a way to permit relative parallel positional shifts between the first and second coupling sections, wherein the stripline's width is wider than the coupled line so that the stripline can change its parallel position relative to the coupled line without adversely affecting electrical coupling therebetween.