US 6,556,847 B1 · Battery-powered radio frequency communication apparatus

Abstract

Battery mounting and testing apparatuses and methods of forming the same are described. In one implementation, a substrate includes a surface area over which a battery terminal housing member is to entirely cover. A conductive first test contact is disposed on the substrate surface and extends from within the surface area to outside of the surface area. A conductive second test contact is disposed on the substrate surface and extends from within the surface area to outside the surface area. The second test contact is spaced from the first test contact and is preferably electrically isolated therefrom on the substrate. In one aspect, an electronic device is provided by mounting a battery with the first and second test contacts. In circuit testing is performed after the battery is mounted utilizing the portions of the first and second test contacts which extend outside of the surface area for probe testing.

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Dependent claims

A battery-powered, radio frequency communication apparatus comprising:

a circuit substrate having a surface with at least one antenna printed thereon;
an integrated circuitry chip configured for RF communication mounted on the substrate;
a battery bonded to and spaced from the substrate surface with at least three discrete adhesive masses, the at least three masses being formed at different radial distances relative to a center of the battery;
and
conductive first and second test contacts on the substrate surface and spaced apart from one another, the test contacts being in electrical communication with the battery and extending from respective locations between the battery and the substrate surface to locations outward of the battery.

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A battery-powered, radio frequency communication apparatus comprising:

a circuit substrate having a surface with at least one antenna printed thereon;
an integrated circuitry chip configured for RF communication Mounted on the substrate;
a battery having first and second polarity terminal housing members, one of the first and second polarity terminal housing members being bonded, to the substrate surface, the substrate having a surface area covered by the one terminal housing member, the surface area comprising a first area and a second area electrically connected with the one terminal housing member, the first and second areas being spaced and electrically isolated from one another on the substrate yet electrically connected with one another by the one terminal housing member;
a conductive first test contact on the substrate surface extending from within the surface area to outside of the surface area;
the first test contact being in electrical connection with the first area and electrically isolated from the second area on the substrate yet electrically connected with the second area by the one terminal housing member;
and
a conductive second test contact on the substrate surface extending from within the surface area to outside the surface area;
the second test contact being in electrical connection with the second area, spaced from the first test contact, and electrically isolated from the first area and the first test contact on the substrate yet electrically connected with the first area by the one terminal housing member.

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A battery-powered, radio frequency communication apparatus comprising:

a circuit substrate having a surface with at least one antenna printed thereon;
an integrated circuitry chip configured for RF communication mounted on the substrate;
a battery having first and second polarity terminal housing members, the substrate having a surface area which is covered by one of the first and second polarity terminal housing members;
a first array comprising individual conductive nodes over the substrate and within the surface area and conductively connected with the one of the first and second polarity terminal housing members, the individual nodes of the first array being disposed along a first continuous line;
a second array comprising individual conductive nodes over the substrate and within the surface area and conductively connected with the one of the first and second polarity terminal housing members, the individual nodes of the second array being disposed along a second continuous line outwardly of the first continuous line;
one node of the first array being electrically isolated from other nodes of the first array and in electrical communication with some nodes of the second array and collectively comprising therewith a test contact having a conductive extension which extends from within the surface area to outside of the surface area;
and
other different nodes of the first array being in electrical communication with one another and with other different nodes of the second array which are not in electrical communication with said one node of the first array and collectively comprising therewith a different test contact having a different conductive extension which extends from within the surface area to outside of the surface area.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Battery-powered radio frequency communication apparatus

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