ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,084, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).
"Antenna-on-package system" was invented by Yiqi Tang (Allen, Texas), Rajen Manicon Murugan (Dallas) and Juan Herbsommer (Allen, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One example includes an antenna-on-package (AoP) system. The system includes a first transmission line patterned on a first metal layer. The first metal layer can be arranged to be coupled on a printed circuit board (PCB). The system also includes an antenna portion patterned on a second metal layer. The first and second metal layers can be separated by at least one dielectric layer. The system furt...