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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2009
Applicants:
Antonius Johannes Matheus DE Graauw, Haelen, NL;
Freek Egbert Van Straten, Mook, NL;
Inventors:
Antonius Johannes Matheus De Graauw, Haelen, NL;
Freek Egbert Van Straten, Mook, NL;
Assignee:
NXP, B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01L 23/498 (2006.01); H01L 23/66 (2006.01); H01Q 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/66 (2013.01); H01L 2924/15311 (2013.01); H01L 23/49816 (2013.01); H01L 2224/16 (2013.01); H01L 2223/6677 (2013.01); H01L 2924/01019 (2013.01); H01L 2224/16225 (2013.01); H01L 2924/3011 (2013.01); H01Q 23/00 (2013.01); H01L 2924/1532 (2013.01);
Abstract
A millimeter-wave radio antenna module () comprising: an antenna substrate () having an antenna () provided on a face thereof; and a semiconductor die () comprising a wireless system IC, the die mounted on a face of the antenna substrate and configured to provide a signal to the antenna, wherein a ball grid array () is formed on a face of the antenna substrate for mounting the antenna module to a circuit board, the ball grid array being configured to define an air dielectric gap () between the antenna and the circuit board.