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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2017
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Benjamin Stassen Cook, Addison, TX (US);
Nathan Brooks, Champaign, IL (US);
Swaminathan Sankaran, Allen, TX (US);
Bradley Allen Kramer, Plano, TX (US);
Mark W. Morgan, Allen, TX (US);
Baher Haroun, Allen, TX (US);
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A system is provided in which a set of modules each have a substrate on which is mounted a radio frequency (RF) transmitter and/or an RF receiver. Each module has a housing that surrounds and encloses the substrate. The housing has a port region on a surface of the housing. Each module has a tapered near field communication (NFC) field confiner located between the substrate and the port region on the housing configured to guide electromagnetic energy produced by the RF transmitter to the port region so that it can be emanated to a port region of an adjacent module.