Patent ID: 7658622

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a circuit board for transitioning a coaxial cable to a connector, comprising: forming a circuit board with at least two layers; providing a circuit trace on an outer surface of the circuit board, the circuit trace having a cable pad and a contact pad at different ends of the outer surface; providing a ground plane on the outer surface of the circuit board, the ground plane having a ground link and being coplanar with the circuit trace; coating at least portions of the circuit trace and the outer surface of the circuit board with an insulating coating; masking a portion of the circuit trace and the ground link to form an uncoated portion of the circuit trace and the ground link, the circuit trace and the ground link within the uncoated portion being located immediately adjacent to one another; and bonding a conductive jumper material to the uncoated portion of the circuit trace and the ground link to render the circuit trace electrically common with the ground plane.