Apparatus and methods for constructing antennas using wire bonds as radiating elements
CA 2575845 C · Owner: Pfeiffer, Ullrich Richard Rudolf · Inventors: Gaucher, Brian Paul; Pfeiffer, Ullrich Richard Rudolf; Liu, Duixian
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Antennas are provided which are constructed using one or more wires as radiating elements attached to a substrate or chip wherein wire bonding , methods can be used to attach and form loop profiles for the wires. The antennas can be integrally packaged with IC chips (e.g. IC transceivers receivers, transmitters, etc.) to build integrated wireless or RF (radio frequency) communications systems. For example an exemplary antenna device , (20) comprises a substrate (21) having a dipole antenna comprising a first wire element (22) connected to and supported by metallic pads (23) and (24) and a second wire element (25) connected to and supported by metallic pads (26) and (27). The metallic …
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- Filed February 23, 2005 and granted February 19, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 23, 2025.
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