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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2015
Nimbelink L.l.c., Plymouth, MN (US);
Kurt T. Larson, Plymouth, MN (US);
Christopher J. Elmquist, Mahtomedi, MN (US);
NIMBELINK CORP., Plymouth, MN (US);
Abstract
A space-efficient cellular modem device for machine-to-machine communications that includes: a multi-layer printed circuit board defining a top side and a bottom side and including a first circuit layer adjacent the top side, a second circuit layer adjacent the bottom side, a ground plane layer, and a power plane layer, the ground and power plane layers located between the first and second circuit layers; a cellular transceiver module configured to communicate over a cellular wireless cellular network; electrical power-management components attached to the multi-layer printed circuit board, the power-management components in electrical communication with the cellular transceiver module; first and second rows of pins in electrical communication with the cellular transceiver; and a communications port.