Method and system for manufacturing a wireless communication device
OwnerIan J Forster, Patrick F Kinginventors
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing wireless communication devices for use in tracking or identifying other items comprises a number of cutting techniques that allow the size of the antenna for the wireless communication device. Further, the chip for the wireless communication device is nested so as to be flush with the surface of the substrate of the wireless communication device. Rollers cut the tabs that form the antenna elements. In a first embodiment, a plurality of rollers are used, each of effecting a different cut whose position may be phased so as to shorten or lengthen the antenna element. In a second embodiment, the rollers are independently positionable to shorten or lengthen the antenna element.
Claims15
A method of forming a wireless communication device, comprising:
- selecting a desired capacitance value;
- passing a tape, including a plurality of tabs disposed thereon, under a first roller and a second roller to selectively engage a portion of a first tab and a second tab against a substrate;
- testing a capacitance of the portions of the tabs that engage the substrate;
- varying the spacing between the first roller and the second roller, thereby changing the size of the portions of the tabs that engage the substrate, until the capacitance of the portions of the tabs that engage the substrate matches the desired capacitance value;
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- cutting a remainder of the first tab and the second tab that are not engaged with the substrate to form antenna elements from the portions of the tabs that engage the substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.