Patent ID: 8212738

Claim:
A unitary antenna feed structure for sliding installation in a passage in an insulative core of a dielectrically loaded antenna, wherein the feed structure comprises a unitary combination of: a tubular outer shield conductor; an elongate inner conductor extending through the shield conductor and insulated from the shield conductor, and a laminate board extending laterally outwardly from a distal end of the shield conductor, the laminate board comprising: a proximal surface having first and second proximally-directed conductive surface portions for connection to respective first and second conductors on the antenna core adjacent an end of the passage, the first proximally-directed conductive surface portion and the outer shield conductor being electrically connected; a non-proximal surface or layer having a first non-proximal conductive portion adjacent the inner conductor and being electrically connected thereto; and a linking conductor which electrically connects the first non-proximal conductive portion and the second proximally-directed conductive surface portion.