US 6,982,879 B1
Apparatus to provide connection between a microelectronic device and an antenna
Luiz M. Franca-Neto, Hillsboro, Oreg. (US); and Bradley A. Bloechel, Beaverton, Oreg. (US)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, Calif. (US)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/623,319.
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H05K 7/06 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 361—803 37 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An antenna interface circuit to provide an interface between a packaged microelectronic device and an antenna, comprising:
at least one of the following on one or more substrates: metallization forming a power amplifier impedance transformer, metallization forming a low noise amplifier input matching circuit, and metallization forming a duplexer to couple an external transmitter and an external receiver to a common antenna; and
at least one electrical terminal to couple said antenna interface circuit to a microelectronic device package;
wherein said antenna interface circuit includes multiple metallization layers.