Transmission stack for extremely high frequency wireless communication

• US 10,348,871 B2
• Filed: 03/12/2018
• Issued: 07/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Essential Products, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Essential Products, Inc.
• Inventors: Ai, Jiang, Leggett, William Francis, Mustafa, Paulina, Cargonja, Nikola, Gagne-Keats, Jason Sean, Evans, V, David John, Gajulapally, Adithya
• Primary Examiner(s): West, Lewis G
• Application Number:
  US15/918,980
• Publication Number:
  US 20190007532A1
• Time in Patent Office: 484 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3827 Portable transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3888 Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0202 Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0256 wherein the modules are operable in the detached state, e.g. one module for the user interface and one module for the transceiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/026 Details of the structure or mounting of specific components
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces

Abstract

Disclosed here are systems and methods which enable high-bandwidth communication between a mobile device and an accessory. The high-bandwidth communication uses electromagnetic waves in the extremely high frequency range between 30 GHz and 300 GHz inclusive, also known as millimeter waves. The millimeter waves travel through at least the chassis of the accessory and the chassis of the mobile device without significant scattering and attenuation. The properties of the materials through which the millimeter waves travel determine the attenuation of the millimeter waves. Disclosed here are various materials, and their thicknesses, which form a transmission stack through which the millimeter waves can travel unimpeded. In effect, the transmission stack acts as a dielectric member which facilitates the transmission of the millimeter waves, while attenuating transmission of waves outside of the extremely high frequency range.

Claims

1. A mobile device to communicate with a mobile device accessory at extremely high electromagnetic frequencies, the mobile device comprising:

an extremely high frequency transceiver communicating within 30 GHz to 90 GHz range, the extremely high frequency transceiver associated with the mobile device transmitting 30 GHz to 90 GHz electromagnetic frequencies through a region of a chassis of the mobile device to a second extremely high frequency transceiver associated with the mobile device accessory;

the chassis of the mobile device comprising a ceramic material forming the region of the chassis of the mobile device, a thickness of the ceramic material in a range between 0.03 mm and 1.5 mm, inclusive, creating a standing wave of the 30 GHz to 90 GHz electromagnetic waves passing through the ceramic material; and

a dielectric member comprising;

a layer of foam having a thickness between 0.7 mm and 7.9 mm, inclusive;

a layer of glue having a thickness between 0.4 mm and 5.4 mm, inclusive; and

a layer of plastic having a thickness between 0.46 mm and 7.1 mm, inclusive.

2. The mobile device of claim 1, the ceramic material comprising zirconium.

3. A system comprising:

an extremely high frequency transceiver associated with a mobile device transmitting millimeter electromagnetic waves through a region of a chassis of the mobile device to a second extremely high frequency transceiver associated with a mobile device accessory; and

a dielectric member forming the region of the chassis of the mobile device, wherein a thickness of the dielectric member facilitates transmission of the millimeter electromagnetic waves through the dielectric member and attenuates transmission of electromagnetic waves having a frequency less than 30 GHz, the dielectric member comprising;

a layer of foam having a thickness between 0.7 mm and 7.9 mm, inclusive;

a layer of glue having a thickness between 0.4 mm and 5.4 mm, inclusive; and

a layer of plastic having a thickness between 0.46 mm and 7.1 mm, inclusive.

4. The system of claim 3, the dielectric member comprising an absorber layer attenuating transmission of electromagnetic waves having the frequency less than 30 GHz, and a PORON foam layer.

5. The system of claim 3, the thickness of the dielectric member smaller than a thickness of a remainder of the chassis.

6. The system of claim 3, the dielectric member comprising ceramic.

7. The system of claim 6, the thickness of the dielectric member comprising a range between 0.03 mm and 3.2 mm, inclusive.

8. The system of claim 3, the dielectric member comprising plastic.

9. The system of claim 8, the thickness of the dielectric member comprising a range between 0.46 mm and 7.1 mm.

10. The system of claim 3, comprising an absorber proximate to the extremely high frequency transceiver, the absorber reducing interference between the extremely high frequency electromagnetic waves and electromagnetic waves generated by a remainder of the mobile device.

11. The system of claim 3, comprising a focusing member directing the millimeter electromagnetic waves toward the dielectric member by attenuating the millimeter electromagnetic waves traveling through the focusing member.

12. The system of claim 3, the dielectric member comprising:

a layer of putty having a thickness between 0.36 mm and 3.7 mm, inclusive;

the layer of glue having a thickness between 0.4 mm and 5.4 mm, inclusive; and

a layer of zirconium having a thickness between 0.03 mm and 3.2 mm, inclusive.

13. The system of claim 3, comprising a layer of air between the mobile device and the mobile device accessory, the layer of air having a thickness of at most 3 mm.