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US 7,546,676 B2Granted
Method for manufacturing micro-strip antenna element
AssigneeSymbol Technologies, Inc.
InventorsTimothy B. Austin, Mark W. Duron, Richard Knadle
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for automated manufacturing microstrip element antennas is described. The microstrip element antenna comprises a printed circuit layer, a dielectric layer and a ground plane layer. Mass manufacturing process for such microstrip element antennas without any substantial manual assembly process is described. Automation of the manufacturing steps leads to lower production costs, faster production and a higher yield.
Claims9
A method for automatic assembly of a microstrip element antenna, comprising:
- moving a foam core strip, having opposing first and second surfaces at a fixed velocity in a first direction;
- unrolling a ground plane strip from a first roller at a first rate consistent with the fixed velocity of the foam core strip;
- unrolling a lower section strip from a second roller at a second rate consistent with the fixed velocity of the foam core strip;
- simultaneously attaching a portion of the ground plane strip to the first surface of the foam core strip and a portion of the lower section strip to the second surface of the foam core strip to generate an assembled microstrip antenna strip;
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- cutting the assembled microstrip antenna strip to create individual microstrip antennas.
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