Patent ID: 7974587

Claim:
A substrate within a device having a first and second intra-device local transceiver, the substrate comprising: the first intra-device local transceiver formed upon the substrate; a wave guide formed within the substrate operable to guide very high radio frequency (RF) signals within the wave guide; a first substrate local transceiver operable to transmit the very high RF signals through the wave guide; a second substrate local transceiver operable to receive the very high RF signals from the wave guide; a first substrate antenna disposed within the wave guide and communicatively coupled to the first substrate local transceiver; a second substrate antenna disposed within the wave guide and communicatively coupled to the second substrate local transceiver; wherein the first and second substrate antennas are operably disposed to transmit and receive the very high RF signals through the wave guide; wherein the first intra-device local transceiver is communicatively coupled to the first substrate local transceiver and is operable to wirelessly transmit low power RF signals through space to the second intra-device local transceiver; and a remote transceiver communicatively coupled to at least one of the first substrate local transceiver, the second substrate local transceiver, the first intra-device local transceiver, or the second intra-device local transceiver, wherein the remote transceiver is operable to transmit wireless communication signals to remote wireless communication devices.