US 12,224,502 B2
Antenna-to-printed circuit board transition
Yuxiao He, Carmel, IN (US); Kenneth Sean Ayotte, Indianapolis, IL (US); and Kevin Paul McReynolds, Noblesville, IN (US)
Assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/813,129.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/265,933, filed on Dec. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/255,872, filed on Oct. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0119711 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 7/00 (2006.01); H01P 3/16 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 7/00 (2013.01) [H01P 3/16 (2013.01); H05K 1/024 (2013.01); H05K 1/0243 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10098 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a printed circuit board (PCB) comprising:
at least one layer;
a first surface and a second surface, the second surface positioned opposite and in parallel with the first surface; and
a dielectric-filled portion of the PCB formed between the first surface and the second surface, the dielectric-filled portion having a depth that is substantially equal to a quarter wavelength of an operating frequency of an antenna coupled to the apparatus and being filled with a first dielectric;
a conductive loop located on the first surface of the PCB and connected to a pair of lines; and
a transition channel mounted on the first surface of the PCB and positioned over the dielectric-filled portion, the transition channel being filled with a second dielectric that is the same as or different from the first dielectric.