Method for making an article having an embedded electronic device
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1. A method for making an article having an electronic device embedded therein comprising:
- providing a substrate having first and second opposing broad planar surfaces;
forming an elongated electrical conductor on the first broad planar surface of the substrate;
attaching an electronic device to the first broad planar surface of the substrate;
providing a layer of melt-flowable adhesive proximate the first broad planar surface of the substrate, wherein the layer of melt-fiowable adhesive has a thickness that is substantially uniform and sufficient to cover the electronic device; and
melt flowing the melt-flowable adhesive to the first broad planar surface of the substrate to encapsulate the electronic device thereto in the substantially uniform thickness layer of melt-flowable adhesive;
wherein said forming an elongated electrical conductor includes depositing a loop antenna pattern of a conductive adhesive on the first broad planar surface of the substrate, and wherein said attaching an electrical device includes attaching at least one contact on the electronic device to one contact of the loop antenna pattern of conductive adhesive.
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Abstract
A method for making an article having an electronic device embedded therein comprises providing a substrate having first and second opposing broad planar surfaces; mounting an electronic device on the first broad planar surface of the substrate; and applying a layer of melt-flowable adhesive of substantially uniform thickness on the first broad planar surface of the substrate to cover the electronic device. The article produced thereby has the electronic device encapsulated by the layer of melt-flowable adhesive.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for making an article having an electronic device embedded therein comprising:
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providing a substrate having first and second opposing broad planar surfaces;
forming an elongated electrical conductor on the first broad planar surface of the substrate;
attaching an electronic device to the first broad planar surface of the substrate;
providing a layer of melt-flowable adhesive proximate the first broad planar surface of the substrate, wherein the layer of melt-fiowable adhesive has a thickness that is substantially uniform and sufficient to cover the electronic device; and
melt flowing the melt-flowable adhesive to the first broad planar surface of the substrate to encapsulate the electronic device thereto in the substantially uniform thickness layer of melt-flowable adhesive;
wherein said forming an elongated electrical conductor includes depositing a loop antenna pattern of a conductive adhesive on the first broad planar surface of the substrate, and wherein said attaching an electrical device includes attaching at least one contact on the electronic device to one contact of the loop antenna pattern of conductive adhesive. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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2. A method for making an article having an electronic device embedded therein comprising:
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providing a substrate having first and second opposing broad planar surfaces;
attaching an electronic device to the first broad planar surface of the substrate;
providing a layer of melt-flowable adhesive proximate the first broad planar surface of the substrate, wherein the layer of melt-flowable adhesive has a thickness that is substantially uniform and sufficient to cover the electronic device; and
melt flowing the melt-flowable adhesive to the first broad planar surface of the substrate to encapsulate the electronic device thereto in the substantially uniform thickness layer of melt-flowable adhesive, wherein said melt flowing includes heating the melt-flowable adhesive to a melt-flow temperature, which melt-flow temperature is less than a deformation temperature of the substrate and the card blank. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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18. A method for making an article having an electronic device embedded therein comprising:
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providing a substrate having first and second opposing broad planar surfaces comprising one of a strip and a panel of a plurality of substrates;
attaching an electronic device to the first broad planar surface of the substrate;
providing a layer of melt-flowable adhesive proximate the first broad planar surface of the substrate, wherein the layer of melt-flowable adhesive has a thickness that is substantially uniform and sufficient to cover the electronic device; and
melt flowing the melt-flowable adhesive to the first broad planar surface of the substrate to encapsulate the electronic device thereto in the substantially uniform thickness layer of melt-flowable adhesive;
wherein said providing a layer of melt-flowable adhesive includes forming the layer of melt-flowable adhesive on the first broad planar surface of the provided one of a strip and a panel of substrates after the electronic device is attached thereto, and further including separating the provided one of a strip and a panel of a plurality of substrates into a plurality of separate substrates after said forming the layer of melt-flowable adhesive on the first broad planar surface thereof.
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19. A method for making a plurality of articles each having an electronic device embedded therein comprising:
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providing substrate material having first and second opposing broad planar surfaces, wherein the substrate material has a plurality of contact patterns on the first broad planar surface thereof;
attaching an electronic device having contacts to each of the plurality of contact patterns on the first broad planar surface of the substrate material;
providing a layer of melt-flowable adhesive proximate the first broad planar surface of the substrate material, wherein the layer of melt-flowable adhesive has a thickness that is substantially uniform and is sufficient to cover the plurality of electronic devices;
melt flowing the layer of melt-flowable adhesive to the first broad planar surface of the substrate material to encapsulate the electronic device thereto in the substantially uniform thickness layer of melt-flowable adhesive; and
after said melt flowing the melt-flowable adhesive, separating the broad planar substrate material into a plurality of separate articles wherein each separate article includes at least one of the plurality of electronic devices encapsulated to a substrate by a portion of the melt-flowed layer of melt-flowable adhesive. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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