US 12,272,866 B1
Millimeter-wave surface-mount antenna for gigabit plastic fiber data transport
Romain Pelard, Redwood City, CA (US); Phillip Kness, San Jose, CA (US); John Sevic, Prescott, AZ (US); and Joy Laskar, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to ATTOTUDE, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by Romain Pelard, Redwood City, CA (US); Phillip Kness, San Jose, CA (US); John Sevic, Prescott, AZ (US); and Joy Laskar, Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/361,765.
Application 17/361,765 is a continuation of application No. 17/066,218, filed on Oct. 8, 2020, abandoned.
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/36 (2006.01); H01Q 1/42 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/362 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/42 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plastic millimeter-wave fiber data communications system, comprising:
a plastic millimeter-wave fiber;
a first antenna coupled to a first radio and the plastic millimeter-wave fiber; and
a second antenna coupled to a second radio and the plastic millimeter-wave fiber; and
wherein the first antenna is a circularly polarized antenna comprising a radome, and the first antenna is coupled to the plastic millimeter-wave fiber by causing the radome to abut or nearly abut a flat surface of the plastic millimeter-wave fiber, and the flat surface is situated within a concavity formed in the plastic millimeter-wave fiber.