Patent ID: 8279131

Claim:
A panel array comprising: a multilayer laminated circuit board assembly having first and second opposing surfaces, said multilayer laminated circuit board assembly comprised of a plurality of circuit boards with at least a first one of the circuit boards having a plurality of radiating antenna elements disposed thereon so as to radiate through the first surface of said multilayer laminated circuit board assembly, at least a second one of the circuit boards having an RF feed circuit disposed thereon, at least a third one of the circuit boards having logic circuits disposed thereon and at least a fourth one of the circuit boards having a DC circuit disposed thereon and wherein the first surface of said multilayer laminated circuit board assembly corresponds to a top-most layer of said multilayer laminated circuit board assembly and the second surface of said multilayer laminated circuit board assembly corresponds to a bottom-most layer of said multilayer laminated circuit board assembly and wherein said multilayer laminated circuit board assembly further includes a plurality of plated through holes extending from the top-most layer to the bottom-most layer of said multilayer laminated circuit board assembly with at least some of the plurality of plated through holes forming a waveguide cage around the radiating antenna element and at least some of the plurality of plated through holes corresponding to one or more RF interconnects, with each of said one or more RF interconnects providing at least one RF signal path between a first transmission line on a first layer of said plurality of circuit boards and a second transmission line on a second different layer of said plurality of circuit boards with each of said RF interconnects including one or more RF matching pads which electrically match one or more electrical characteristics of an RF stub formed in said RF interconnect; and a plurality of flip-chip circuits disposed on the second surface of said multilayer laminated circuit board assembly.