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Method of manufacturing a central stem monopole antenna

  • US 6,874,222 B2
  • Filed: 02/13/2003
  • Issued: 04/05/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of manufacturing an antenna capable of being mounted on a printed circuit board, comprising:

  • selecting the design dimensions of a unitary piece of material according to an operating wavelength;

    stamping out the unitary piece of material from a larger section of material according to the design dimensions to form an antenna, the unitary piece comprising;

    a circular area having a center and an outer region; and

    a stem area having a first end and a second end, the first end joined with the center, the unitary piece bendable at the first end and the center;

    a root area having a third end and a fourth end, the third end joined with the second end, the second end having a first width and the third end having a second width, the first width exceeding the second width.

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