Abstract: A vertical, right angle transition to a GCPW transmission line using a modified coaxial transmission line. The solderless interconnect provides a transition from a GCPW in a horizontal plane to a vertical plane. The modified coaxial line has a portion of the outer shield removed from the front, and is placed vertically on the center conductor of a GCPW. The coaxial shield connects both ground planes of the GCPW. The transition can be employed to form an interconnect between a stacked assembly of microwave hybrids.

Abstract: Interconnection apparatus providing a right angle H-plane bend in grounded coplanar waveguide (GCPW) transmission line media. Respective first and second GCPW lines include a dielectric substrate, on which is formed on a bottom surface a bottom conductive ground plane, and on a top surface is formed a center conductor strip sandwiched between first and second top ground plane strips. The two GCPW lines are disposed orthogonally, forming a corner junction at which corresponding bottom and top ground planes, and the center conductor strips, of the lines are electrically connected. The gaps between corresponding top ground plane strips and the center conductor strips have regions of increased gap width at the corner junction to compensate for the capacitance resulting from the junction.