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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2018
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Vijay L. Asrani, San Jose, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes one or more aspects of surface-cell patch antenna arrays integrated as part of a user equipment housing. As part of integration, surface-cell patch antennas are formed from surface-cells that comprise an electromagnetic-transparent metallic surface proximate an outer surface of the housing. The surface-cell patch antennas, in turn, form a surface-cell patch antenna array. A transceiver module, disposed proximate an inner surface of the user equipment housing, includes a transceiver device and a flexible printed circuit board having traces that electrically couple the transceiver device to the surface-cell patch antenna array. The described aspects alleviate manufacturing and design challenges that are associated with use of patch array modules.