CONNECTOR

摘要

The detachable connector disclosed herein facilitates the coupling of high frequency signals from coaxial or other paired signal paths to so-called microstrip signal paths or the like. These microstrip signal paths comprise conductor strips on a circuit board having a ground plane on the opposite side of a dielectric substrate from the signal conductor strips. In the connector the transformation of the signal path from coaxial to microstrip form is provided at a point different from the releasable connection which permits the circuit board to be disconnected from the connector. A section of circuit board material is included within the connector to provide signal paths having matching characteristic impedances on the opposite sides of the line of separation. Conductive areas which match the impedance characteristics of the conductor strips on the circuit board are provided by the method of etching a metallic foil on the circuit board section in the connector.