Patent ID: 7050765
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
1. A lightweight millimeter wave outdoor unit for mounting on an antenna to form a wireless link comprising: a housing having a heat sink and a mounting member that is configured for quick connect/disconnect mounting on the antenna, said mounting member including transmit and receive waveguide ports; a millimeter wave transceiver board formed of ceramic material mounted within the housing and having a millimeter wave transceiver circuit, including microwave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC) chips and operable with the transmit and receive ports; an intermediate frequency (IF) board mounted within the housing and having components forming an intermediate frequency circuit operable with the millimeter wave transceiver circuit; a frequency synthesizer board mounted in the housing and having a signal generating circuit for generating local oscillator signals to the millimeter wave transceiver circuit; a controller board mounted within the housing and having surface mounted DC and low frequency discrete devices thereon forming power and control circuits that supply respective power and control signals to other circuits on other boards; wherein said RF transceiver board and IF board, said frequency synthesizer board, and said controller board are arranged in stacked configuration, and including surface mount circuit contact members that interconnect the circuits between the boards in the stacked configuration; and a quick connect/disconnect assembly operative with the housing for allowing the housing to be rapidly connected and disconnected to the antenna.