Method for using electroforming to manufacture fractal antennas
US6585874B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 8, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jul 1, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31504
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
One or more fractal antennas are produced in an electroforming circuit. A stainless steel on glass mandrel is covered with a dielectric in an inverse image of a fractal antenna to be formed. The portion of the stainless steel uncovered by the dielectric is chemically washed so that a fractal antenna formed thereon can be more efficiently removed. The mandrel is made a cathode in an electroforming circuit, which results in a fractal antenna being formed on the mandrel. The fractal antenna is separated from the mandrel and mounted on a rigid or semi-rigid substrate.
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