Apparatus for mounting a diode in a microwave circuit

Patent · Tue Jul 27 00:00:00 EDT 1976

OSTI ID:862608

Liu, Shing-gong ^[1]

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1. Princeton, NJ

Apparatus for mounting a diode in a microwave circuit for making electrical contact between the circuit and ground and for dissipation of heat between the diode and a heat sink. The diode, supported on a thermally and electrically conductive member, is resiliently pressed in electrical contact with the microwave circuit. A tapered collar on the member is elastically deformably wedged into a tapered aperture formed in a heat sink. The wedged collar tightens firmly around the member establishing good thermal and electrical conduction from the diode to the heat sink and ground. Disassembly is facilitated because of the elastically deformed collar.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AT(29-1)-789
• Assignee: RCA Corporation (New York, NY)
• Patent Number(s): US 3972012
• OSTI ID: 862608
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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pressed
tapered
collar
elastically
deformably
wedged
aperture
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establishing
thermal
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