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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2019
Applicant:
Pc-tel, Inc., Bloomingdale, IL (US);
Inventors:
Francisco X. Gomez, West Chicago, IL (US);
Calin Pod, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Assignee:
PCTEL, Inc., Bloomingdale, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/50 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); H01P 3/08 (2006.01); H03F 3/19 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01); B29L 31/34 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/50 (2013.01); B29C 45/14065 (2013.01); H01P 3/081 (2013.01); H03F 3/19 (2013.01); H05K 1/18 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0097 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3456 (2013.01); H03F 2200/294 (2013.01); H03F 2200/451 (2013.01); H05K 2201/09027 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10189 (2013.01);
Abstract
An over-molded thin film antenna device is provided that can include a core mandrel having a body and a lip, a thin film radio frequency (RF) element wrapped around and supported by the body, an RF connector electrically coupled to the thin film RF element, and an outer layer molded between shutoff surfaces of the core mandrel and over the thin film RF element. The lip can extend over a top of a portion of the thin film RF element to secure the portion of the thin film radio frequency element between the body and the lip.