CONNECTOR DEVICE

摘要

A connector device (30) is provided in the form of a main body component (32) having a lower surface covered with a conductive layer (35) to provide a ground plane and an upper surface (34) carrying a conductive strip portion (36) to form a microstrip line. The combination of the first conductive surface region (35) (ground plane) and second conductive surface region (36) (microstrip line) separated by the main body component (32) dielectric forms a microstrip section. The conductive layer (35) and strip portion (36) are each connected to a conductor of co-axial feed cable (8). The device (30) is inserted between conductive layers (12, 16) of an antenna of laminar construction, such as a planar inverted F antenna to establish electrical connection between conductors of the feed cable and conductive layers (12, 16) of the antenna.