Manufacture of RFID tags and intermediate products therefor
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1. In a method for manufacturing radio frequency identification tags having an electronic component connected electrically to an antenna, an improvement comprising the steps of:
- stamping an antenna from a thin metallic sheet;
affixing the stamped antenna to a substrate at a first location to establish an intermediate product comprising the antenna affixed to the substrate; and
placing the intermediate product at at least one subsequent location for further processing toward completion of a radio frequency identification tag.
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Abstract
An improvement in the manufacture of radio frequency identification tags employs an antenna stamped from a thin metallic sheet and affixed to a substrate at a first location to establish an intermediate product in which the stamped antenna is affixed to the substrate, and the intermediate product is placed at at least one subsequent location for further processing toward completion of a radio frequency identification tag.
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1. In a method for manufacturing radio frequency identification tags having an electronic component connected electrically to an antenna, an improvement comprising the steps of:
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stamping an antenna from a thin metallic sheet;
affixing the stamped antenna to a substrate at a first location to establish an intermediate product comprising the antenna affixed to the substrate; and
placing the intermediate product at at least one subsequent location for further processing toward completion of a radio frequency identification tag. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An intermediate product for the manufacture of radio frequency identification tags having an electronic component connected electrically to an antenna, the intermediate product comprising:
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an antenna stamped from a thin metallic sheet; and
a substrate;
the stamped antenna being affixed to the substrate for being placed at a prescribed location for further processing toward completion of a radio frequency identification tag. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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