Patent ID: 8509709
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: H01Q,H04B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A distributed form factor millimeter wave radio apparatus, comprising: a first motherboard part including a baseband module, wherein the first motherboard part is mounted on a first plane of a portable computing device; a second motherboard part including only a receive (RX) active antenna, wherein the second motherboard part is mounted on a second plane of the portable computing device; a third motherboard part including only a transmit (TX) active antenna, wherein the third motherboard part is mounted on the second plane of the portable computing device, and wherein the second and third motherboard are physically decoupled; a first cable for connecting the baseband module to the second motherboard part; and a second cable for connecting the baseband module to the third motherboard part, wherein over the first cable and second cable intermediate frequency (IF) signals, a local oscillator frequency signal, a control signal, and a power signal are simultaneously transferred.