Te Connectivity Germany Gmbh

Tyco Electronics (shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Connectivity, Inc.

Te Connectivity Corporation

Te Connectivity Nederland Bv

Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd.

Markus Dittmann

Chad William Morgan

Liang Huang

Christian Rusch

Carlos Almeida

Dirk-Jan Riezebos

Liang (Vincent) Huang

Mohadig Widha Rousstia

Jan M Broeksteeg

Julia Jialing Wang

Martinus Ej Panis

A dielectric waveguide and/or a cable for transmission of millimeter-wave signals. The dielectric waveguide and/or the cable comprises an inner core having a dielectric medium adapted to transmit a millimeter-wave signal by carrying an electromagnetic field along the dielectric waveguide and/or the cable. The dielectric medium is a dielectric material having dielectric properties adapted to confine the propagating electromagnetic field to the inner core, while adding low transmission loss at signal frequencies in a millimeter-wave frequency range. The dielectric medium may be provided as a core of solid dielectric material, one or more bundles of fibers that extend along the length of the inner core, or as powder and/or granulate of dielectric material that fills the volume of the inner core. The dielectric material may be quartz or alumina.

Dielectric waveguide including a core for confining a millimeter-wave signal with a low-loss tangent

A dielectric waveguide for propagating electromagnetic signals comprises a cladding and an electrically conductive shield. The cladding has a body composed of a first dielectric material. The body defines a core region therethrough that is filled with a second dielectric material different than the first dielectric material. The cladding includes at least two ribs extending from an outer surface of the body to distal ends of the ribs. The electrically conductive shield engages the distal ends of the ribs and peripherally surrounds the cladding such that air gaps are defined radially between the outer surface of the body and an interior surface of the shield.

Dielectric waveguide comprising a dielectric core surrounded by a dielectric cladding having a plurality of ribs that support the core within a conductive shield

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