Patent ID: 9450635
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L,H05K

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a first chassis, configured to be installed in a first slot of a rack and including a sheet metal base in which a first plurality of holes are formed and having a first backplane mounted therein proximate and parallel to the sheet metal base and including a first plurality of extremely high frequency (EHF) transceiver chips mounted to its underside, each EHF transceiver chip disposed proximate to a respective hole in the sheet metal base; a second chassis, configured to be installed in the rack in a second slot beneath the first slot having a second backplane mounted therein including a second plurality of EHF transceiver chips mounted to its upward-facing side when the second chassis is installed in the rack, wherein when the first and second chassis are installed in the rack EHF transceiver chips from among the first plurality of EHF transceiver chips are disposed opposite respective EHF transceiver chips from among the second plurality of EHF transceiver chips on a pairwise basis and wherein upon operation of respective pairs of EHF transceiver chips disposed opposite of one another, a plurality of millimeter-wave wireless communication links are facilitated via radio frequency signals that pass through a respective hole in the sheet metal base of the first chassis, wherein the second server chassis includes a sheet metal top having a second plurality of holes formed therein, each hole proximate to a respective EHF transceiver chip among the second plurality of receiver chips in the second backplane, and wherein when the first and second chassis are installed in the rack respective pairs of holes in the first and second plurality of holes are aligned, and wherein radio frequency signals for each of a plurality of millimeter-wave wireless links pass through a respective pair of holes in the sheet metal top of the second chassis and the sheet metal base of the first chassis.