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Application US20190252796
Published 2019-08-15
Antenna Modules For Phased Array Antennas
In some embodiments, an antenna module includes an antenna element having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; a spacer structure disposed at the second side of the antenna element and configured to define a cavity, the spacer structure configured to be physically and electrically couplable with a printed circuit board (PCB) of a receiver or a transmitter; and an amplifier located within the cavity. The first side comprises a radiating side of the antenna element.
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- 1. An antenna module comprising:
an antenna element having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side comprising a radiating side of the antenna element; a spacer structure disposed at the second side of the antenna element and configured to define a cavity, the spacer structure configured to be physically and electrically couplable with a printed circuit board (PCB) of a receiver or a transmitter; and an amplifier located within the cavity.
- 18. An apparatus comprising:
a support structure having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein the second side of the support structure is configured for being physically and electrically coupled with a printed circuit board (PCB) of a receiver or a transmitter, and wherein the first side of the support structure is configured to be spaced from the PCB by a first distance when the support structure is physically and electrically coupled to the PCB; and an antenna element having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein the first side comprises a radiating side of the antenna element, wherein the second side of the antenna element is disposed closer to the support structure than the first side of the antenna element, and wherein the second side of the antenna element is configured to be spaced from the surface of the PCB by a second distance when the support structure is physically and electrically coupled to the PCB.
- 26. An antenna module comprising:
an antenna element having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side comprising a radiating side of the antenna element; an amplifier electrically coupled to the antenna element; and a spacer structure disposed at the second side of the antenna element, the spacer structure including a first portion that is to electrically couple the amplifier with a printed circuit board (PCB) of a receiver or a transmitter and a second portion configured to reduce signal leakage to the antenna element.
- 27. An apparatus comprising:
an antenna element having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side configured to emit or receive radiation, wherein the antenna element includes a first conductive plate and a second conductive plate, the first conductive plate disposed closer to the first side than the second conductive plate, and the first conductive plate different from the second conductive plate in one or both of shape or size; an amplifier disposed at the second side of the antenna element; and a support structure disposed at the second side of the antenna element, wherein the support structure is to couple to a printed circuit board (PCB) of a receiver or a transmitter.
- 28. A phased array antenna, comprising:
a plurality of antenna modules arranged in an antenna lattice configuration to form the phased array antenna, wherein at least some antenna modules of the plurality of antenna modules are physically rotated relative to other antenna modules of the plurality of antenna modules, and wherein an antenna module of the plurality of antenna modules includes an antenna element packaged together with an amplifier.
