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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
May. 15, 1998
Jason Andrew Kronz, Duluth, GA (US);
Roger J. Forse, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A printed circuit board comprises a metallic layer (,) cooperating with a metallic plate (,) to form a generally polygonal cross-section (,) of an integral waveguide (,) filled with a solid dielectric layer. The metallic layer (,) is on a substrate (,). The metallic layer (,) has a first strip (,) and a second strip (,) spaced apart from the first strip (,). A solid dielectric layer (,) overlies the metallic layer (,). The solid dielectric layer (,) has a first channel (,) exposing the first strip (,), a second channel (,) exposing the second strip (,), and a land (,) disposed between the first channel (,) and the second channel (,). A metallic plate (,) overlies the land (,), extends through the first channel (,) to the first strip (,), and extends through the second channel (,) to the second strip (,).