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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2017
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Swaminathan Sankaran, Allen, TX (US);
Benjamin Stassen Cook, Addison, TX (US);
Nathan Brooks, Champaign, IL (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 coupled to a near field communication (NFC) coupler located on the substrate. 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 field confiner located between the NFC coupler and the port region on the housing configured to guide electromagnetic energy emanated from the NFC coupler through the port region to a port region of an adjacent module. The port region is offset laterally from the NFC coupler. The field confiner is skewed to provide a pathway between the NFC coupler and the port region.