Patent ID: 8390529

Claim:
An integrated antenna and feed network assembly, comprising: an antenna, the antenna includes: an RF substrate; an antenna element, the antenna element being configured upon a first surface of the RF substrate; and an antenna ground plane, the antenna ground plane being configured upon a second surface of the RF substrate, the second surface being located generally opposite the first surface; and a feed network, the feed network being electrically connected to the antenna, the feed network includes: a first RF substrate; a second RF substrate; a feed, the feed being connected to the first RF substrate and the second RF substrate, the feed being configured between the first RF substrate and a first surface of the second RF substrate; and a feed ground plane, the feed ground plane being configured upon a second surface of the second RF substrate, the second surface of the second RF substrate being located generally opposite the first surface of the second RF substrate, wherein the integrated antenna and feed network assembly is a printed circuit board assembly.