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US 8,044,861 B2Granted
Electronic device with edge surface antenna elements and related methods
AssigneeHarris Corporation
InventorsAnders P. Pedersen, Daniel A. Robison, Alan Mast
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Abstract
An electronic device may include a multilayer circuit board having opposing major surfaces and edge surfaces extending between the opposing major surfaces, wireless processing circuitry on at least one of the opposing major surfaces, and an antenna element on at least one of the edge surfaces. The multilayer circuit board may include a conductive trace coupling the antenna element to the wireless processing circuitry.
Claims15
An electronic device comprising:
- a multilayer circuit board having opposing major surfaces and edge surfaces extending between the opposing major surfaces;
- wireless processing circuitry on at least one of the opposing major surfaces;
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- an antenna element on at least one of the edge surfaces;
- said multilayer circuit board comprising an internal conductive trace and a conductive via coupled thereto, said internal conductive trace and said conductive via coupling said antenna element to said wireless processing circuitry.
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A phased array antenna comprising:
- a plurality of multilayer circuit boards arranged in side-by-side orientation;
- each multilayer circuit board having opposing major surfaces and edge surfaces extending between the opposing major surfaces, and comprising
- wireless processing circuitry on at least one of the opposing major surfaces,
- an antenna element on at least one of the edge surfaces, and
- an internal conductive trace and a conductive via coupled thereto, said internal conductive trace and said conductive via coupling said antenna element to said wireless processing circuitry.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.