Patent ID: 7586193

Claim:
An integrated radio frequency device comprising: a substrate; a radio frequency integrated circuit on the substrate; a plurality of integrated circuit pads on the radio frequency integrated circuit, including an antenna connection pad; a monopole antenna made of bond wire connected at one end to the antenna connection pad and unconnected at the other end, the bond wire monopole antenna having an antenna length designed for operation at a frequency in the tens to hundreds of GHz range or at a TeraHertz imaging radiation frequency range, the bond wire monopole antenna extending out from the plane of the radio frequency integrated circuit; package bond pads one the substrate, at least some of package bond pads being connected to some of the plurality of integrated circuit pads by bond wires; and encapsulation covering one side of the substrate, including one side of the package bond pads, the radio frequency integrated circuit; the bond wires that connect some of the integrated circuit pads to some of the package bond pads, and the antenna, the encapsulation having a thickness from the substrate to the outside surface, the thickness such that the antenna has the antenna length and such that the monopole antenna's unconnected end reaches the outside surface of the encapsulation.