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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2007
Brian P. Gaucher, Brookfield, CT (US);
Duixian Liu, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Ullrich R. Pfeiffer, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Thomas M. Zwick, Kisslegg, DE;
Brian P. Gaucher, Brookfield, CT (US);
Duixian Liu, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Ullrich R. Pfeiffer, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Thomas M. Zwick, Kisslegg, DE;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods are provided for integrally packaging antennas with semiconductor IC (integrated circuit) chips to provide highly-integrated and high-performance radio/wireless communications systems for millimeter wave applications including, e.g., voice communication, data communication, and radar applications. For example, wireless communication modules are constructed with IC chips having receiver/transmitter/transceiver integrated circuits and planar antennas that are integrally constructed from BEOL (back end of line) metallization structures of the IC chip.