Meshed patch antenna array
An example mobile computing device includes a main logic board (MLB); a first antenna array positioned on the MLB and configured to transmit signals in a first direction, the first antenna array comprising one or more planes; and a second antenna array positioned on the MLB and configured to transmit signals in a second direction, the second, direction being different than the first direction, the second antenna array comprising one or more planes and the second direction being different than the first direction, wherein at least one of the one or more of the planes in the first antenna array or at least one of the one or more of the pianos in the second antenna array comprises a meshed patch structure.
1 . A mobile computing device comprising:
a main logic board (MLB);
a first substrate positioned on a first side of the MLB;
a second substrate positioned on a second side of the MLB;
a first antenna array positioned on the MLB and configured to transmit signals in a first direction, the first antenna array comprising one or more planes; and
a second antenna array positioned on the MLB and configured to transmit signals in a second direction, the second direction being different than the first direction, the second antenna array comprising one or more planes and the second direction being different than the first direction,
wherein at least one of the one or more of the planes in the first antenna array comprises a meshed patch structure that includes a plurality of vias and a plurality of traces arranged in a mesh structure
wherein vias of the meshed patch structure are respectively positioned amongst the MLB, the first substrate, and the second substrate.
2 . The mobile computing device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first substrate or the second substrate is a high frequency printed circuit board.
3 . The mobile computing device of claim 1 , further comprising an integrated circuit (IC) positioned on the MLB, wherein the IC drives transmission of the signals from the first antenna array and the second antenna array.
4 . The mobile computing device of claim 3 , wherein the IC is connected to the first antenna array and the second antenna array without intervening cables.
5 . The mobile computing device of claim 1 , wherein the first direction is substantially perpendicular to the second direction.
6 . The mobile computing device of claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more planes in the first antenna array or each of the one or more planes in the second antenna array comprises the meshed patch structure.
7 . The mobile computing device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more planes of the first antenna array comprises a ground plane and a patched plane.
8 . The mobile computing device of claim 7 , wherein the ground plane is aligned at a nonparallel angle with respect to the patched plane.
9 . The mobile computing device of claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more planes in the first antenna array and each of the one or more planes in the second antenna array comprises a respective meshed patch structure.
10 . The mobile computing device of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna array includes a respective ground plane and a respective patched plane, and
wherein each of the respective ground plane and the respective patched plane includes a plurality of vias and a plurality of traces arranged in a mesh structure.
11 . The mobile computing device of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna array includes a connector connecting a ground plane to a patched plane.