Harris Corporation

Harris Global Communications, Inc.

Kevin Dell

John Robert McIntyre

Christopher David Mackey

John Paul Shoots

Timothy W Burks

John Robert Mcintyre

An electronic device may include a circuit board, an IC carried by the circuit board, and an RF shield above the IC. The circuit board may include a dielectric layer, and a thermally conductive body in the dielectric layer. The thermally conductive body may have a first heat transfer surface coupled to the IC. The thermally conductive body may extend laterally within the dielectric layer and outward past the RF shield and defining a second heat transfer surface. The electronic device may include a heat sink coupled to the second heat transfer surface.

Electronic device with laterally extending thermally conductive body and related methods

An RF communications device may include a circuit board having a dielectric layer and conductive traces, one of the conductive traces defining a transmission line. The RF communications device may also include an RF transmitter carried by the circuit board and coupled to the transmission line, and RF switching circuits, each RF switching circuit including a substrate having a tapered proximal end coupled to the transmission line, and a distal end extending outwardly on the convex side of the transmission line. Each RF switching circuit may include a series diode, and a shunt diode coupled to the series diode, the series diode extending from the tapered proximal end and across an interior of the substrate.

RF communications device with conductive trace and related switching circuits and methods

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