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US 2006/0077102 A1Published application
Wafer scale beam forming antenna module with distributed amplification
OwnerFarrokh Mohamadiinventor
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a wafer scale antenna array is provided that includes: a substrate, a first plurality of antennas adjacent to the substrate; and a driving network adjacent the substrate for transmitting RF signals to the plurality of antennas and for receiving RF signals from the plurality of antennas, the driving network coupling to a distributed plurality of driving amplifiers and corresponding matching amplifiers integrated with the substrate.
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An integrated circuit antenna array, comprising:
- a substrate,
- a plurality of antennas adjacent the substrate;
- and
- an RF feed network adjacent the substrate for transmitting RF signals to the plurality of antennas and for receiving RF signals from the plurality of antennas, the RF feed network coupling to a distributed plurality of amplifiers integrated with the substrate for amplifying the RF signals propagated through the RF feed network.
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An integrated RF feed network, comprising:
- a substrate;
- a waveguide network formed adjacent to a surface of the substrate, wherein the substrate includes a plurality of driving amplifiers and matching amplifiers arranged in pairs, the waveguide network being segmented into transmission line segment pairs, each transmission line segment pair having a first segment of length TL1 and a second segment of length TL2, each segment corresponding to a driving amplifier and matching amplifier pair, wherein for each segment the corresponding driving amplifier drives RF signal through the segment to the corresponding matching amplifier.
An integrated RF reception network, comprising:
- a substrate,
- a plurality of antennas adjacent to the substrate;
- and
- an RF feed network adjacent the substrate for receiving RF signals from the plurality of antennas, the RF feed network including a combining junction coupling a plurality of conductors in the RF feed network to a single conductor, the substrate including a plurality of amplifiers corresponding to the plurality of conductors at the combining junction, each amplifier including a bipolar transistor having a common collector coupled to the combining junction.
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An antenna array, comprising:
- a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface;
- a plurality of heavily-doped contact regions extending from the first surface to the second surface;
- a plurality of antennas formed on an insulating layer adjacent the first surface, each antenna being coupled to corresponding ones of the contact regions by vias;
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- a conductor-based RF feed network adjacent the second surface for transmitting RF signals to the plurality of antennas and for receiving RF signals from the plurality of antennas, the RF feed network coupling to a distributed plurality of amplifiers integrated into the second surface of the substrate for amplifying the RF signals propagated through the RF feed network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.