Patent ID: 7868827
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: H01L,H01Q

Abstract:
1. Device comprising a patch antenna processing a high frequency signal above 10 GHz signal, and coupling means for connecting the antenna to an electronic component, wherein the patch antenna is arranged on a first side of an antenna printed circuit board and the electronic component is mounted on a second side of the antenna printed circuit board and wherein the coupling means comprise a metal passage through a hole in the antenna printed circuit board, the hole defining a wall and said passage being in direct contact with the wall of the hole and transposing into a bond pad in direct contact with and against the second side of the antenna printed circuit board, and a metal bond wire between the electronic component and the bond pad, wherein the length of the passage, as seen perpendicularly of the antenna printed circuit board, is many times smaller than a quarter-wavelength of the signal to be processed by the antenna.