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US 11,539,137 B2Granted
Socket antenna module and related transceiver assembly
Assignee2J Antennas USA, Corporation
InventorJavier Ruben Flores-Cuadras
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Abstract
A socket antenna module includes a patch antenna, a ground plane, and a shield can, the ground plane having a first side and second side, and the patch antenna being coupled to the first side, whereas the shield can is coupled to the second side opposite the first side. In another embodiment, a socket antenna module and transceiver assembly is disclosed that integrates the socket antenna module with a conventional transceiver.
Claims20
A socket antenna module (100), comprising:
- a ground plane (120) configured to extend within a horizontal plane (127) and having a first side (121), a second side (122) opposite the first side, and a perimeter (124) associated therewith, wherein the ground plane further comprises a plurality of holes (125), each of said holes being disposed along the perimeter of the ground plane at one of a plurality of corners (126) thereof;
- a patch antenna (110) coupled to the ground plane at the first side, the patch antenna including a dielectric substrate (111), a polygonal metal patch (112) coupled to the dielectric substrate, a feed connector (113) coupled to the polygonal metal patch at a first end (114) thereof and further configured to couple with a feed at a second end (115) thereof;
- and
- a shield can (130) coupled to the ground plane at the second side, the shield can comprising a three-dimensional hollow structure (132);
- wherein the patch antenna is characterized as having a first area (116) associated therewith;
- and
- wherein the shield can is characterized as having a second area (131) associated therewith, the second area being less than or equal to a size of the first area.
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A socket antenna module, comprising:
- a patch antenna;
- a ground plane;
- and
- a shield can;
- the ground plane having a first side and a second side;
- wherein the patch antenna is coupled to the first side and the shield can is coupled to the second side, the patch antenna is characterized as having a first area and the shield can is characterized as having a second area such that the second area is less than or equal to the first area.
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A socket antenna module and transceiver assembly, comprising:
- a transceiver, and a socket antenna module coupled to the transceiver;
- the transceiver comprising:
- a first surface (142);
- the socket antenna module comprising:
- a patch antenna, a ground plane, and a shield can, the ground plane having a first side and a second side;
- wherein the patch antenna is coupled to the first side and the shield can is coupled to the second side, wherein the ground plane comprises a plurality of holes extending therethrough, and wherein the patch antenna is characterized as having a first area and the shield can is characterized as having a second area such that the second area is less than or equal to the first area;
- wherein:
- the transceiver is mechanically attached to the socket antenna module at a plurality of fasteners each extending through one of the plurality of holes of the ground plane;
- the shield can is capacitively coupled to the transceiver at the first surface thereof;
- and
- the patch antenna is electrically coupled to the transceiver via a cable connector (143).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.