Patent ID: 11870156
Assignee: ANALOG DEVICES INTERNATIONAL UNLIMITED COMPANY
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. An antenna assembly, comprising:
a printed circuit board (PCB) having a first face and a second face, the second face opposing the first face;
a first antenna element and a second antenna element at the first face of the PCB;
a plurality of conductive contacts at the second face of the PCB to couple a beamformer (BF) die to the second face of the PCB;
a first signal via in the PCB, the first signal via to couple a first conductive contact of the plurality of conductive contacts and the first antenna element;
one or more first ground vias in the PCB, the one or more first ground vias at least partially surrounding the first signal via;
a recess in the first face of the PCB, between the first antenna element and the second antenna element,
wherein each of a footprint of the first signal via and a footprint of each of the one or more first ground vias is within a footprint of the recess.