US 11,855,326 B2
Electrical connector configured for connecting a plurality of waveguides between mating and mounting interfaces
Stephen B. Smith, Mechanicsburg, PA (US); Madhumitha Rengarajan, Mechanicsburg, PA (US); and Kapil Sharma, State College, PA (US)
Assigned to FCI USA LLC, Etters, PA (US)
Filed by FCI USA LLC, Etters, PA (US)
Filed on May 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/328,813.
Application 17/328,813 is a continuation of application No. 16/074,660, granted, now 11,018,402, previously published as PCT/US2017/016004, filed on Feb. 1, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/289,794, filed on Feb. 1, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0384603 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. H01P 1/04 (2006.01); H01P 1/02 (2006.01); H01P 3/16 (2006.01); H01P 5/02 (2006.01); H04B 3/52 (2006.01); H01P 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC H01P 1/042 (2013.01) [H01P 1/022 (2013.01); H01P 3/16 (2013.01); H01P 5/024 (2013.01); H01P 5/08 (2013.01); H04B 3/52 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector, comprising:
a connector body comprising a dielectric material;
a mating interface at a first surface of the connector body, the mating interface being configured for separably mating to an electrical component;
a mounting interface at a second surface of the connector body, the mounting interface being configured for mounting to a substrate; and
a plurality of waveguides that extend from the mating interface to the mounting interface and are configured to propagate electrical signals from one of the first and second surfaces to the other of the first and second surfaces, the plurality of waveguides being arranged in a plurality of rows and columns that are oriented perpendicular to the rows.