Very high frequency dielectric substrate wave guide

摘要

A radio transceiver device includes circuitry for radiating electromagnetic signals at a very high radio frequency both through space, as well as through wave guides that are formed within a substrate material. In one embodiment, the substrate comprises a dielectric substrate formed within a board, for example, a printed circuit board. In another embodiment of the invention, the wave guide is formed within a die of an integrated circuit radio transceiver. A plurality of transceivers with different functionality is defined. Substrate transceivers are operable to transmit through the wave guides, while local transceivers are operable to produce very short range wireless transmissions through space. A third and final transceiver is a typical wireless transceiver for communication with remote (non-local to the device) transceivers.

主权项

1. A method for operating a radio transceiver module, comprising:
determining a first electromagnetic field strength to adjust a dielectric propagation property of a dielectric substrate wave guide for conducting very high radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic signals corresponding to a first frequency; generating and applying an electromagnetic field to the dielectric substrate wave guide having the first electromagnetic field strength; and generating a first transmission signal having the first frequency that includes first information, wherein the first transmission signal creates a first standing wave between two antennas including a transmit antenna and a first receive antenna, wherein the first standing wave promotes reception of the first information via the first receive antenna and rejection of the first transmission signal via a second receive antenna.