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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2002
C. Allen Marlow, Saline, MI (US);
Jay Deavis Baker, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Lawrence Leroy Kneisel, Novi, MI (US);
Rosa Lynda Nuño, Berkley, MI (US);
William David Hopfe, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
C. Allen Marlow, Saline, MI (US);
Jay DeAvis Baker, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Lawrence Leroy Kneisel, Novi, MI (US);
Rosa Lynda Nuño, Berkley, MI (US);
William David Hopfe, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Van Buren Township, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention consists of an electrical communications device including a three-dimensional substrate and a plurality of electrical devices attached thereto. The substrate is preferably a dielectric. The electrical device is preferably of the sort needed to conduct high frequency communications, such as a microwave antenna and photonic receivers and transmitters. The electrical devices are attached to the substrate at the connection points described by the intersection of a series vias and one of the substrate surfaces. The electrical devices are attached to the substrate in numerous ways, including solder, flipped chip ball bonds, wire bonds, or a gold stud assembly. In particular, the gold stud assembly is utilized to attach the antenna to the substrate, thereby providing a predetermined air gap therebetween.