An apparatus comprises a waveguide section including an outer layer of conductive material tubular in shape and having multiple ends; and a joining feature on at least one of the ends of the waveguide section configured for joining to a second separate waveguide section.

A mechanism to connect first and second circular waveguides. A first member includes two or more pins extending radially from a body, the first waveguide coaxial with the body and terminating at a first port at an end face of the body. A second member has a cavity coaxial with the second waveguide and configured to fit over the first member, the second waveguide terminating at a second port within the cavity. Slots disposed around a perimeter of the cavity engage the two or more pins. A cap fits over the second member, the cap including L-shaped slots to engage the two or more pins extending through the slots of the second connecting member. A wave spring between an inside surface of the cap and a shoulder of the second member urges the second port towards the first port when the cap is engaged with the two or more pins.

High speed waveguide-based data communication systems are disclosed. Such systems may include separable electrical connectors, forming signal propagation paths between electronic assemblies with one or more waveguides.

A coupling assembly is provided. More specifically, the coupling assembly is configured to form a quick, preferably mechanical and electromagnetic, connection between two devices such as a radio and antenna. The coupling assembly has interchangeable portions can be easily adjusted or adapted to swap parts such as waveguides having different sizes and dimensions while maintaining a standard connection portion that can be used with the different sized and shaped parts, thereby reducing manufacturing costs and increasing the efficiency of field installations.

According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a connector for connecting a waveguide and a board, comprising: a first opening part formed in a direction perpendicular to one side of a board and coupled to the one side of the board; a second opening part formed in a direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of a waveguide for signal transmission, wherein the waveguide is capable of being coupled to the second opening part; and a signal guide part connecting the first and second opening parts and including a hollowness surrounded by a conductive layer therein.

An assembly includes a first waveguide and a second waveguide extending longitudinally along a first axis, each having an end, each comprising a first annular groove, the two ends being contiguous along the first axis, and an assembly device for assembling the first waveguide and the second waveguide, wherein the assembly device comprises a sleeve surrounding the ends of the first and second waveguides and having an inner wall comprising two first annular grooves facing the first annular grooves of the first and second waveguides, two reversibly deformable waveguides, each being positioned in a first annular groove of the sleeve and positioned in a first annular groove of the first and second waveguides, so as to block the first and second waveguides in terms of translation along the first axis.

A passive radiofrequency device includes a core formed by the gluing of multiple parts in direct contact against one another. At least one of the parts includes a housing for glue. At least some of the parts are manufactured individually by additive manufacturing. A conductive metal jacket surrounds the core without separating the parts from one another.

A mechanical architecture of a beam former comprises a plurality of elementary combination circuits and a support structure, the elementary combination circuits being independent of one another, each elementary combination circuit intended to form a beam, the support structure comprising two metal interface plates, respectively top and bottom, the two interface plates formed parallel to one another and spaced apart from one another, in a heightwise direction Z orthogonal to the two interface plates, the elementary combination circuits mounted in the space between the two interface plates and fixed at right angles to the two interface plates.

A networking system includes a transmitter, a waveguide and a receiver. The transmitter is configured to generate a millimeter-wave signal carrying data. The waveguide is transmissive at millimeter-wave frequencies and is configured to receive the millimeter-wave signal from the transmitter, and to guide the millimeter-wave signal from the transmitter to a downstream location by having a dielectric constant that varies over a transversal cross-section of the waveguide in accordance with a predefined profile. The receiver is configured to receive the millimeter-wave signal guided by the waveguide, and to extract the data carried by the received millimeter-wave signal.

Apparatus for attaching an orthogonal mode transducer, OMT, to an antenna, wherein said apparatus comprises a frame for receiving said OMT, and an antenna interface device for establishing a radio frequency, RF, signal connection between said OMT and said antenna, wherein said frame comprises a supporting surface for releasably attaching said antenna interface device to said frame.