Integrated Circuit with Antenna for Dielectric Waveguide

摘要

A system includes an integrated circuit that has a substrate with a top surface and a bottom surface. Semiconductor circuitry is including a radio frequency (RF) amplifier configured to produce an RF signal or an RF receiver configured to receive an RF signal is formed on the top surface of the substrate. A through-substrate via is coupled to an output of the RF amplifier. A metalized antenna formed on the bottom surface of the substrate is coupled to the through-substrate via. The metalized antenna is configured to launch an electromagnet wave representative of the RF signal into a dielectric waveguide (DWG) when the DWG is coupled to the bottom side of the substrate.

主权项

1. A system comprising an integrated circuit, wherein the integrated circuit comprises:
a substrate with a top surface and a bottom surface; semiconductor circuitry formed on the top surface of the substrate, wherein the semiconductor circuitry includes a radio frequency (RF) amplifier configured to produce an RF signal or an RF receiver configured to receive an RF signal; a through-substrate via coupled to an interface of the RF amplifier; and an antenna formed on the bottom surface of the substrate and coupled to the through-substrate via, wherein the antenna is configured to launch or receive an electromagnet wave representative of the RF signal into or from a dielectric waveguide (DWG) when the DWG is coupled to the bottom side of the substrate.