Patent ID: 7030815

Claim:
An integrated patch antenna and electronics assembly, comprising: an antenna dielectric layer; a ground plane layer comprising a patterned conductive metal layer disposed on a first side of the antenna dielectric layer; a printed circuit dielectric layer disposed on the ground plane layer opposite the antenna dielectric layer, forming with the ground plane layer a portion of a component side of the integrated patch antenna and electronics assembly; a conductive metal foil layer, patterned for surface attachment of at least one electronic component on a component surface of the component side of the integrated patch antenna and electronics assembly; a conductive metal foil antenna patch disposed on a second side of the antenna dielectric layer, forming a portion of a patch side of the integrated patch antenna and electronics assembly; and an antenna coupling plated through hole coupling the conductive metal foil antenna patch to an attachment pattern of conductive metal foil that is a portion of the conductive metal foil layer on the component surface of the integrated patch antenna and electronics assembly.