Three dimensional antenna
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorsAndreas Eder, Wilfried Hedderich, Thomas Wagner, Mads Sager
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Abstract
An antenna shape can be inked onto a thin film and then the thin film can be shaped to form a three dimensional (3D) flex-film. The 3D flex-film can then be integrated into a carrier using conventional molding processes. The resultant housing includes a carrier that supports the 3D flex-film on an inner or outer surface of the carrier. The resultant housing thus allows for improved integration of an antenna with a housing so as to provide a more desirable housing for devices that can benefit from the corresponding antenna, such as, but not limited to, mobile devices.
Claims24
A housing, comprising:
- a carrier with an inner surface and an outer surface;
- a thin-film formed to correspond to one of the inner and outer surface;
- and
- an antenna array inked on the thin-film, wherein the thin-film and antenna array form a three dimensional (3D) flex-film that is integrated with the carrier on the corresponding surface.
A method, comprising:
- printing a two-dimensional antenna pattern on a thin-film;
- forming the thin-film into a three dimensional (3D) flex-film;
- and
- integrating the 3D flex-film with one of an inner and outer surface of a carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.