CPC H05K 3/4688 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/38 (2013.01); H05K 1/0251 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10098 (2013.01)] | 6 Claims |
1. A system comprising:
one or more antenna elements laid out on a single or multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) with current conducting metal traces; and
an enclosure made with a polymer or other non-conductive material, wherein the one or more antennas are configured to reduce visible artifacts for X-rays used in fluoroscopic imaging and CT scans by:
shifting antenna layers relative to one another to improve metal density uniformity;
fabricating each layer with a thin uniform layer of conducting trace and each conducting trace having an increased width to reduce an overall antenna series resistance;
minimizing trace to trace spacing and via sizes to decrease their visibility; and
adding disconnected small conducting material fills in areas where there are no antenna traces to improve conductor surface density uniformity while minimizing any unwanted eddy currents.
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