Patent ID: 7907417

Claim:
A printed wiring board comprising: a multilayer printed wiring board having: opposing, outer faces; interlayer interconnects that route RF, power and control signals; connection areas on said outer faces for connecting to said interlayer interconnects and any electrical components of said multilayer printed wiring board; and feed throughs formed as plated through holes connecting said connection areas on opposing outer faces; a plurality of metallic face sheets one of which is secured onto each respective, opposing wiring board outer face and adding structural rigidity to the multilayer printed wiring board, each said face sheet having apertures therein positioned to allow access to said connection areas; at least one RF component carried by one of said face sheets; first wire bonds operatively connecting said at least one RF component with a first one of said connection areas through one of said face sheet apertures; at least one antenna element positioned on the face sheet opposite from the face sheet carrying the at least one RF component; and second wire bonds operatively connecting the at least one antenna element to a connection area.