An integrated antenna package includes an interposer, an integrated circuit die, and a cap that forms a cavity within the integrated antenna package. A lossy EBG structure resides at the cap overlying the integrated circuit device. A lossless EBG structure resides at the cap overlying a microstrip feedline. A radar module includes a plurality of receive portions, each receive portion including a parabolic structure having a reflective surface, an absorber structure, a lens, and an antenna.
1. A device comprising:
a radar module comprising a connector to interface with an external receptacle, the radar module to receive a millimeter radio frequency (RF) signal that includes a desired frequency range reflected from an object, the radar module including:
a printed circuit board (PCB) having a first major surface and a second major surface, the first major surface overlying and coplanar to the second major surface;
a parabolic structure comprising a reflective surface to reflect the received millimeter RF signal;
an electromagnetic (EM) absorber between the PCB and the reflective surface, the EM absorber including an opening aligned with an antenna structure, the EM absorber being a graded absorber to absorb a frequency range of the received millimeter RF signal received from undesirable directions.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the frequency range to be absorbed includes a frequency range that includes signals having wavelengths greater than and less than a wavelength of desired frequency range.
3. The radar module of claim 2 further comprising a lens between the antenna structure and the reflective surface to focus the received millimeter RF signal after being reflected from the reflective surface onto the antenna.
4. The radar module of claim 1 , wherein the parabolic structure presents an azimuth of between +/−10 and 17.5 degrees relative a midline.
5. The radar module of claim 1 , wherein the parabolic structure comprises a face portion that includes a polarizing surface.
6. A method comprising:
receiving a radar signal at a radar module, the radar signal including a first frequency having a first wavelength, a second frequency having a second wavelength that is ¼ the first wavelength, and a third frequency having a third wavelength that is twice the first wavelength;
reflecting, by substantially the same amount, the first, second, and third frequencies of the radar signal reflected from a reflective surface of a parabolic structure toward an opening in an absorber; and
absorbing the second and third frequencies of the received radar signal received at conductively graded structures at a lower portion of the parabolic structure.
7. A device comprising:
a consumer product comprising a radar module to receive a millimeter radio frequency (RF) signal that includes a desired frequency range reflected from an object, the radar module including:
a plurality of parabolic structures, each parabolic structure comprising a reflective surface to reflect the received millimeter RF signal toward a corresponding lens of a plurality of lenses; and
a plurality of electromagnetic (EM) absorbers, one at each of the plurality of parabolic structures, each EM absorber including a plurality of levels to absorb frequency ranges of the received millimeter RF signal having wavelengths greater than and less than the desired frequency range.
8. A device comprising:
a car comprising a radar module to transmit a millimeter radio frequency (RF) signal that includes a desired frequency range, the radar module including:
a printed circuit board (PCB) having a first major surface and a second major surface, the first major surface overlying and coplanar to the second major surface;
a parabolic structure comprising a reflective surface to reflect the transmitted millimeter RF signal; and
an electromagnetic (EM) absorber between the PCB and the reflective surface, the EM absorber including an opening aligned with an antenna structure, the EM absorber including a graded material to absorb undesirable frequency ranges of RF signals.