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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2019
Hughes Network Systems, Llc, Germantown, MD (US);
Bingqian Lu, Olney, MD (US);
Peter Hou, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Taiwei Yue, Germantown, MD (US);
Brian Clough, Germantown, MD (US);
Harry Johnson, Germantown, MD (US);
John Corrigan, Germantown, MD (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for producing a low loss printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB includes an antenna patch, a ground plane, and a polarizer. The antenna patch consists of a plastic base having a first plurality of circuit patterns formed directly on its top surface. The ground plane is formed directly on a bottom surface of the plastic base used for the antenna patch, and contains one or more coupling circuit patterns. A polarizer spacer is provided on the antenna patch to provide separation from the polarizer. The polarizer also consists of a second plastic base having a second plurality of circuit patterns formed directly thereon.