Patent ID: 8433269

Claim:
An antenna assembly, comprising: a flexible dielectric sheet; a first flexible conductor coupled to the flexible dielectric sheet; a second flexible conductor coupled to the flexible dielectric sheet; a matching section electrically coupled to the first and second conductors; a hollow dielectric housing having a curved interior surface; wherein the first and second flexible conductors are sized, shaped, and laterally spaced a specified distance from each other to provide a specified input impedance corresponding to a specified range of operating frequencies for use in wireless information transfer between the antenna assembly and a satellite, when the first and second flexible conductors are electrically coupled to a wireless communication circuit via the matching section; wherein the dielectric sheet and the first and second flexible conductors are located along the curved interior surface of the hollow dielectric housing following an arc-shaped path along the curved interior surface; and wherein one or more of the first or second flexible conductors is configured to electrically connect the antenna assembly to the communication circuit board assembly using a direct board-to-board interconnect without requiring a connector assembly between the antenna assembly and the communication printed circuit board assembly.