Printed Circuit Board with Passthrough Signal Connections Between a Radio-frequency System and an Antenna Module

    公开(公告)号:US20240080967A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-07

    申请号:US18160831

    申请日:2023-01-27

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An assembly is provided that includes a printed circuit board, a transceiver integrated circuit mounted on a first surface of the printed circuit board, and an antenna module having multiple antennas and that is mounted on a second surface of the printed circuit board. The antenna module at least partially overlaps with the transceiver integrated circuit in an overlap region. The antenna module is electrically coupled to the transceiver integrated circuit via direct passthrough signal connections that extend from the first surface to the second surface. The direct passthrough signal connections are located within the overlap region. Each of the direct passthrough signal connections can be implemented using through-board stacked via structures. The antenna module can include multiple layers of signal routing lines for distributing the signals from the direct passthrough signal connections to the various antennas on the antenna module.

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