Patent ID: 7812775

Claim:
A phased array mm-wave device, comprising: a single silicon substrate; mm-wave circuitry comprising at least a selected one of: a transmitter section comprising: a mm-wave transmitter integrated onto said substrate, said transmitter configured to transmit a mm-wave signal; and a first phased array antenna system integrated onto said substrate, said first phased array antenna system electrically coupled to said mm-wave transmitter, said first phased array antenna system including two or more antenna elements; and a receiver section comprising: a mm-wave receiver integrated onto said substrate, said receiver configured to receive a mm-wave signal; and a second phased array antenna system integrated onto said substrate, said second array antenna system electrically coupled to said mm-wave receiver, said second phased array antenna system including two or more antenna elements; and one or more dielectric lenses operatively coupled to at least a selected one of said first phased array antenna system and said second phased array antenna system to improve the transmission or the reception of mm-waves from or by the respective phased array antenna system; wherein all of the mm-wave circuitry is integrated onto said substrate, thereby eliminating a need to couple mm-wave signals off said substrate.