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Dear all,
I want to solder my SMA connector to my patch antenna but the distance between the two legs is smaller than the feedline width which make it impossible to do the soldering without touching them. Please find attached some photographs of the port so you may see the issue.
Hope you could help me in this!
thanks in advance. SMA1.pngSMA2.png
 

Your connector pads are very close to eachother for this specific line. You have to choose probably another connector like this one
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Otherwise you have to make the line thinner at the point of connection or use solder mask and solder the ground pads only from the outside
 
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Apart from being dedicated to much smaller signal traces, the connector in post #1 is for coplanar rather than microstrip transmission lines. You won't be able to connect the ground appropriately with this connector type.
 
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many thanks for your replies,
could you please tell me how I would solder if I had a coplanar without risking of creating a short circuit ?
 

Hello my friends,
I found the answer to my last question, and I wanted to share it with you especially for beginners like me.
Please find attached an illustrative picture. soldering.png
 

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