Multi-radio access technology antenna assembly and related front-end package
AssigneeQorvo US, Inc.
InventorsDirk Robert Walter Leipold, George Maxim, Baker Scott
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AssigneeQorvo US, Inc.
InventorsDirk Robert Walter Leipold, George Maxim, Baker Scott
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A multi-radio access technology (RAT) antenna assembly and related front-end package is provided. In one aspect, the multi-RAT antenna assembly includes a radiating structure that radiates/absorbs a first electromagnetic wave corresponding to a first RAT in a first RF spectrum (e.g., below 6 GHz). A number of slot openings are created in the radiating structure to function as a number of slot antennas for radiating/absorbing a second electromagnetic wave corresponding to a second RAT in a second RF spectrum (e.g., above 18 GHz). As such, the multi-RAT antenna assembly can support both the first RAT and the second RAT based on the radiating structure, thus helping to reduce real estate requirements of the multi-RAT antenna assembly. In another aspect, a front-end circuit supporting the second RAT is coupled to the slot openings via shortest possible paths in a front-end package, thus helping to reduce propagation attenuation in the front-end package.
A multi-radio access technology (multi-RAT) antenna assembly comprising:
A front-end package comprising:
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