Radio-frequency system in package including antenna
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1. System comprising:
- an antenna andan electrical circuit,wherein the antenna and the electrical circuit are arranged in an integrated circuit package,wherein the antenna comprises a conducting pattern, at least a portion of which includes a curve comprising at least five segments, each of said at least five segments forming a pair of angles with a respective adjacent segment in said curve, at least three of said segments being shorter than one-tenth of the longest free-space operating wavelength of said antenna, andwherein said conducting pattern fits inside a rectangular area of the package, a longest side of said rectangular area being shorter than one-fifth of a longest free-space operating wavelength of said antenna.
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Abstract
A system comprising at least one antenna and a circuit, wherein the circuit is at least in part not a semiconductor chip or a die. The at least one antenna and the circuit are arranged on a package. Alternatively described is a system comprising at least one antenna and at least one circuit, wherein the at least one antenna and the at least one circuit are arranged on a package, wherein the at least one circuit performs a radio-frequency and optionally a base-band and/or a digital functionality.
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52 Claims
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1. System comprising:
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an antenna and an electrical circuit, wherein the antenna and the electrical circuit are arranged in an integrated circuit package, wherein the antenna comprises a conducting pattern, at least a portion of which includes a curve comprising at least five segments, each of said at least five segments forming a pair of angles with a respective adjacent segment in said curve, at least three of said segments being shorter than one-tenth of the longest free-space operating wavelength of said antenna, and wherein said conducting pattern fits inside a rectangular area of the package, a longest side of said rectangular area being shorter than one-fifth of a longest free-space operating wavelength of said antenna. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. Multiple-antenna communication system comprising
a plurality of mutually connected systems, wherein each system of the plurality of mutually connected systems comprises: - an antenna and an electrical circuit, wherein the antenna and the electrical circuit are arranged in an integrated circuit package,
wherein the antenna comprises a conducting pattern, at least a portion of which includes a curve comprising at least five segments, each of said at least five segments forming a pair of angles with a respective adjacent segment in said curve, at least three of said segments being shorter than one-tenth of the longest free-space operating wavelength of said antenna, and wherein said conducting pattern fits inside a rectangular area of the package, a longest side of said rectangular area being shorter than one-fifth of a longest free-space operating wavelength of said antenna. - View Dependent Claims (45)
- an antenna and an electrical circuit, wherein the antenna and the electrical circuit are arranged in an integrated circuit package,
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46. A system, comprising:
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an antenna formed on a substrate, the antenna comprising a multi-segment conductor provided in a space-filling pattern, at least a portion of which including a curve comprising at least five segments, each of said at least five segments forming a pair of angles with a respective adjacent segment in said curve, at least three of said segments being shorter than one-tenth of the longest free-space operating wavelength of the antenna, the antenna occupying a rectangular area of the substrate in which a longest side of the rectangular area is shorter than ⅕
of a longest free space operating wavelength of the antenna, anda circuit also provided on the substrate, wherein the antenna and the circuit are enclosed in a common package housing. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. System comprising:
- at least one antenna and an electrical circuit, wherein the electrical circuit comprises a radio-frequency circuit,
wherein the at least one antenna and the electrical circuit are arranged in a package, said package being an integrated circuit package, wherein the system further comprises a radio-frequency component outside the package, and wherein the at least one antenna is connected to the radio-frequency component outside the package.
- at least one antenna and an electrical circuit, wherein the electrical circuit comprises a radio-frequency circuit,
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