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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2018
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Jeremiah D. Wolf, Atkins, IA (US);
Matilda G. Livadaru, Marion, IA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
An antenna system includes a first printed circuit board having an array of printed circuit board antenna elements, a second circuit board having a signal distribution network for the antenna elements, and at least one first interconnect structure coupled between a bottom surface of the first printed circuit board and a top surface of the second circuit board. The first interconnect structure can include first vias having an aspect ratio of greater than 10 to 1. The vias electrically connect to respective first contacts on the bottom surface of the first circuit board and to respective second contacts on the top surface of the second circuit board.