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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2016
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Hassan Hashemi, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Mamdouh Atia, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Igor Radutnuy, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An antenna on integrated circuit (IC) package is disclosed. In an embodiment, an IC package comprises: a substrate; a radio frequency (RF) transceiver attached to the substrate; mold compound encapsulating the substrate; a shield layer formed on the mold compound; and one or more vias extending vertically through the shield layer and the mold compound, providing a conductive path to the RF transceiver. In another embodiment, a method comprises: attaching a radio frequency (RF) transceiver to a substrate; encapsulating the substrate with mold compound; forming a shield layer on the mold compound; and forming one or more vias through the shield layer and mold compound, providing a conductive path to the RF transceiver.