Three Dimensional Antennas Formed Using Wet Conductive Materials and Methods for Production
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1. A method for manufacturing antennas comprising:
- providing a substrate having at least one surface lying in three dimensions; and
applying a conductive coating to said at least one surface lying in three dimensions, thereby defining an antenna on said at least one surface.
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing antennas including providing a substrate having at least one surface lying in three dimensions and applying a conductive coating to the at least one surface lying in three dimensions, thereby defining an antenna on the at least one surface and an antenna including a conductive coating applied to a three-dimensional surface of a substrate.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for manufacturing antennas comprising:
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providing a substrate having at least one surface lying in three dimensions; and applying a conductive coating to said at least one surface lying in three dimensions, thereby defining an antenna on said at least one surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for manufacturing a precision three-dimensional conductive layer comprising:
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providing a substrate having at least one surface having at least a first generally two-dimensional surface portion and at least a second generally three-dimensional surface portion; applying a conductive coating to said at least a first generally two-dimensional surface portion; and applying sub-micron conductive particles to said at least a second generally three-dimensional surface portion, wherein said conductive coating on said at least a first generally two-dimensional surface portion and said sub-micron conductive particles on said at least a second generally three-dimensional surface portion together define said precision three-dimensional conductive layer. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An antenna comprising a conductive coating applied as a wet conductive material to at least one three-dimensional surface.
- 20. An antenna comprising a conductive coating applied to a three-dimensional surface of a substrate.
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23. A mobile communicator comprising:
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a housing portion; a carrier element, at least one of said housing portion and said carrier element defining a substrate having at least one surface lying in three dimensions; and an antenna, said antenna defined by a conductive coating applied to said at, least one surface lying in three dimensions. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A precision three-dimensional conductive layer, said conductive layer being applied to at least one support surface having at lest a first generally two-dimensional surface portion and at least a second generally three-dimensional surface portion, said conductive layer comprising;
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a conductive coating applied to said at least a first generally two-dimensional surface portion; and sub-micron conductive particles applied to said at least a second generally three-dimensional surface portion. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for manufacturing mobile communicators comprising:
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providing a substrate having at least one surface lying in three dimensions, said substrate defining at least one of a housing portion and a carrier element of a mobile communicator; and applying a conductive coating to said at least one surface lying in three dimensions, thereby defining an antenna on said at least one surface.
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