Very high frequency dielectric substrate wave guide

A radio transceiver module, comprising:

• a dielectric substrate wave guide for conducting very high radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic signals wherein the substrate wave guide defines a bounded volume for conducting and substantially containing the very high RF electromagnetic signals and wherein the substrate wave guide is characterized by resonant frequency based upon conductive properties of the dielectric substrate wave guide;
• a first substrate transmitter communicatively coupled to a first substrate antenna;
• a first substrate receiver communicatively selectively coupled to a second substrate antenna and to a third substrate antenna wherein the first and second substrate antennas are operably disposed to transmit and receive radio frequency communication signals, respectively, through the dielectric substrate wave guide;
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• wherein the first substrate receiver is selectively coupled to the second and third substrate antennas to receive transmissions from any one of a plurality of standing waves at the second and third substrate antennas.

A radio transceiver module, comprising:

• at least one substrate transmitter;
• first and second substrate receivers;
• first and second layered dielectric substrate wave guides;
• at least one first substrate antenna operably disposed to radiate very high frequency radio frequency electromagnetic signals through the first and second dielectric substrate wave guides;
• a second substrate antenna operably disposed to receive electromagnetic signals from the first dielectric substrate wave guide;
• a third substrate antenna operably disposed to receive electromagnetic signals from the second dielectric substrate wave guide;
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• wherein the each dielectric substrate wave guide has different propagation properties and wherein the at least one substrate transmitter selects a frequency that will produce a standing wave at one of the second and third substrate antennas.

A radio transceiver module, comprising:

• a dielectric substrate wave guide for conducting very high radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic signals wherein the substrate wave guide defines a bounded volume for conducting and substantially containing the very high RF electromagnetic signals wherein the dielectric substrate wave guide has an associated resonant frequency that is at least 20 GHz;
• first and second substrate transmitters operably disposed to transmit from first and second substrate antennas, respectively;
• a receiver operably disposed to receive transmissions through a third substrate antenna;
• a controllable electromagnetic field generation circuitry operable to generate a field through at least a portion of the dielectric substrate wave guide to adjust the resonant frequency of the dielectric substrate wave guide to operably conduct a transmitted signal and place a standing wave for a transmitted signal at one of the first and second substrate antennas;
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• logic for setting a first electromagnetic field strength to generate a field to set a resonant frequency of the dielectric substrate wave guide to create a standing wave for transmissions from one of the first and second antennas to the third substrate antenna.

A method for transmitting a very high radio frequency, comprising:

• generating a very high radio frequency signal that is at least 20 GHz;
• transmitting the very high frequency radio signal from a first substrate antenna through a dielectric substrate wave guide to a second substrate antenna;
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• creating an electromagnetic field across at least a portion of the wave guide to adjust a resonant frequency of the wave guide to create a standing wave at the second substrate antenna.