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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Elimelech Ganchrow, Zichron Yaakov, IL;
Alon Yehezkely, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H01Q 9/30 (2006.01); H01Q 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 9/0485 (2013.01); H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 9/30 (2013.01); H01Q 9/40 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0075 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a printed circuit board having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The apparatus includes a surface launcher of a dielectric resonator antenna (DRA). The surface launcher is coupled to the first surface of the printed circuit board. A metal structure is coupled to the first surface and configured to direct a portion of a wave of the DRA through the second surface.