IP Library Granted Patent US 9,871,307
Granted Patent B2
US 9,871,307 · App. 15/102,943 · Granted Jan 16, 2018

Connector for coupling coaxial cable to strip line

Inventors: Patrick Le Cam (Lannion, FR); Thomas Julien (Lannion, FR); Lin Yu (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Nokia Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd
H01R9/0515H01P5/085H01R4/024H01R12/53H01R2103/00H01R2201/02
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Patent No.
US 9,871,307
App. No.
15/102,943
Granted
Jan 16, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connector for coupling a coaxial cable ( 240 ) to a strip line comprises a first plate ( 210 ) to be arranged above a conductor ( 220 ) of the strip line to which a center conductor ( 244 ) of the coaxial cable ( 240 ) is soldered, the first plate ( 210 ) including: a first solder portion ( 212 ) to which a braid ( 242 ) of the coaxial cable ( 240 ) is soldered; and an aperture ( 214 ) formed adjacent to the first solder portion ( 212 ) and configured to prevent heat propagation of a solder point of the first solder portion ( 212 ) and the braid ( 242 ) of the coaxial cable ( 240 ) and to expose a solder point of the conductor ( 220 ) of the strip line and the center conductor ( 244 ) of the coaxial cable ( 240 ), wherein a biggest dimension of the aperture ( 214 ) is shaped to be less than 5% of highest frequency wavelength.

Claims (12)

1. A connector for coupling a coaxial cable to a strip line, the connector comprising:

a first plate to be arranged above a conductor of the strip line, wherein the conductor of the strip line and a center conductor of the coaxial cable are soldered, the first plate including:

a first solder portion to which a braid of the coaxial cable is soldered; and

an aperture formed adjacent to the first solder portion, configured to prevent heat propagation of a solder point of the first solder portion and the braid of the coaxial cable and to expose a solder point of the conductor of the strip line and the center conductor of the coaxial cable, wherein a biggest dimension of the aperture is shaped to be less than 5% of highest frequency wavelength.

2. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the aperture is formed over the solder point of the conductor of the strip line and the center conductor of the coaxial cable.

3. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the first solder portion comprises two solder pads, and the aperture is formed between the two solder pads.

4. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the aperture is of rectangle shape.

5. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the first plate is a cover plate of the strip line.

6. The connector of claim 1 , further comprising the conductor of the strip line, wherein a portion, which is under the aperture, of the conductor of the strip line is shaped to compensate impedance degradation caused by the aperture.

7. The connector of claim 6 , wherein the portion of the conductor of the strip line is widened to compensate the impedance degradation.

8. The connector of claim 1 , wherein a second solder portion of a second plate is soldered to the first solder portion of the first plate, and the braid of the coaxial cable is soldered to the second solder portion.

9. The connector of claim 8 , wherein the second plate is a bottom plate of the strip line.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2023
From: NOKIA SHANGHAI BELL CO., LTD.
To: RFS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 064659/0665 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 038855 FRAME 0869. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 9, 2017
From: JULIEN, THOMAS
To: NOKIA SHANGHAI BELL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044416/0666 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE INVENTOR EXECUTION DATES PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 038855 FRAME: 0869. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Oct 25, 2017
From: LECAM, PATRICK; YU, LIN; JULIEN, THOMAS
To: NOKIA SHANGHAI BELL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044786/0840 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2016
From: LECAM, PATRICK; JULIEN, THOMAS; YU, LIN
To: ALCATEL LUCENT
Reel/Frame 038855/0869 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2013 1 0659556 · Dec 9, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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