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A multistage transmission line interconnect device (50) for joining two microstrip circuits (82, 86). A center conductor pin (52) extends through a cylindrical dielectric (54) to form a coaxial midsection of the device. The ends of the pin extend from the dielectric to form a conductor for a straigh

A multistage transmission line interconnect device (50) for joining two microstrip circuits (82, 86). A center conductor pin (52) extends through a cylindrical dielectric (54) to form a coaxial midsection of the device. The ends of the pin extend from the dielectric to form a conductor for a straight open troughline at each end of the device. The ends of the pin are connected to the microstrip circuits by ribbon bonds (80, 84). Because the midsection of the device is coaxial, the microstrip circuits (82, 86) may be oriented at arbitrary angles with respect to one another.

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An interconnection system for electrically connecting first and second microstrip circuits located within first and second housings and wherein the angular orientation of said first and second microstrip circuits is arbitrary, comprising: said first microstrip circuit disposed within said first hous

An interconnection system for electrically connecting first and second microstrip circuits located within first and second housings and wherein the angular orientation of said first and second microstrip circuits is arbitrary, comprising: said first microstrip circuit disposed within said first housing, said first circuit comprising a first substrate and first microstrip conductor, said first housing comprising a first housing member defining a first hole formed therein though a first housing surface and a first trough disposed between said hole and said first circuit, and wherein surfaces of said first housing defining said first hole and said first trough are electrically conductive; said second microstrip circuit disposed within said second housing, said second circuit comprising a second substrate and second microstrip conductor, said second housing comprising a second housing member defining a second hole formed therein through a second housing surface to a second trough disposed between said second hole and said second circuit, and wherein surfaces of said second housing defining said second hole and said second trough are electrically conductive; a collinear multistage transmission line interconnect circuit for electrically connecting said first and second microstrip circuits, said interconnect circuit including a mid-section line having circularly symmetrical electric fields, said interconnect circuit comprising: a center conductor pin; a dielectric spacer having an opening therethrough, said pin being disposed through said opening, a first end of said spacer disposed within said first hole, and a second end of said spacer disposed within said second hole, thereby forming a coaxial line section defining said mid-section line; wherein a first end portion of said pin extends from said spacer in said first trough to form a first troughline transmission line comprising said first end portion and said first trough, and a second end portion of said pin extends from said spacer in said second trough to form a second troughline transmission line comprising said second end portion and said second trough, wherein said first and second troughline transmission lines and said coaxial mid-section transmission line are collinear; first connecting means for electrically connecting a first end of said pin to said first microstrip conductor; and second connecting means for electrically connecting a second end of said pin to said second microstrip conductor, wherein an angular relationship between said first and second microstrip circuits is arbitrary.