A user equipment comprising: a housing having an outer surface and an inner surface , the inner surface parallel to the outer surface and separated from the outer surface by a dielectric material, the dielectric material having a thickness and forming a substrate of the housing; a surface-cell patch antenna array formed into the substrate of the housing nearer the outer surface than the inner surface, the surface-cell patch antenna array comprising a plurality of surface-cell patch antennae each comprising: an exposed surface along a first generally planar region proximate the outer surface ; a vertical-polarization signal feed post that passes through the dielectric material to the inner surface; and a horizontal-polarization signal feed post that passes through the dielectric material to the inner surface; a transceiver module disposed in a second generally planar region that is parallel to the first generally planar region and that is located proximate the inner surface , the transceiver module comprising: a transceiver device ; and a flexible printed circuit board having traces that electrically couple the transceiver device to the vertical-polarization signal feed posts and the horizontal-polarization signal feed posts of the surface-cell patch antenna array ; and a connector , the connector electrically coupling the transceiver module to a modem contained on a logic board of the user equipment . a housing having an outer surface and an inner surface , the inner surface parallel to the outer surface and separated from the outer surface by a dielectric material, the dielectric material having a thickness and forming a substrate of the housing; a surface-cell patch antenna array formed into the substrate of the housing nearer the outer surface than the inner surface, the surface-cell patch antenna array comprising a plurality of surface-cell patch antennae each comprising: an exposed surface along a first generally planar region proximate the outer surface ; a vertical-polarization signal feed post that passes through the dielectric material to the inner surface; and a horizontal-polarization signal feed post that passes through the dielectric material to the inner surface; an exposed surface along a first generally planar region proximate the outer surface ; a vertical-polarization signal feed post that passes through the dielectric material to the inner surface; and a horizontal-polarization signal feed post that passes through the dielectric material to the inner surface; a transceiver module disposed in a second generally planar region that is parallel to the first generally planar region and that is located proximate the inner surface , the transceiver module comprising: a transceiver device ; and a flexible printed circuit board having traces that electrically couple the transceiver device to the vertical-polarization signal feed posts and the horizontal-polarization signal feed posts of the surface-cell patch antenna array ; and a transceiver device ; and a flexible printed circuit board having traces that electrically couple the transceiver device to the vertical-polarization signal feed posts and the horizontal-polarization signal feed posts of the surface-cell patch antenna array ; and a connector , the connector electrically coupling the transceiver module to a modem contained on a logic board of the user equipment . <EOS>