A method of manufacturing antennas

• Main Authors: HARDY, LIAM ALAN, FRIMPONG, FRANK KWASI, LYYRA, SINIKKA
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 01.12.2013
• Subjects: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRICITY

In a method of manufacturing dielectrically loaded antennas, a first step comprises providing a printed circuit panel (30) having a plurality of disc-shaped laminate boards (20) supported in apertures in a body of the panel. The panel is secured to a carrier plate (38) forming part of a pallet assembly so that the disc-shaped boards (20) are in registry with respective antenna core receptacles (38R) in the carrier plate. Next, cylindrical insulative antenna cores each having an axial passage are placed in the receptacles with distal end surfaces of the cores abutting the disc-shaped boards and elongate feeder boards are inserted in the core passages from the core proximal end surfaces. The pallet assembly, panel body, boards and cores are then heated to melt solder paste on the core end surfaces to form electrical connections between the boards and between the core and the boards to form a plurality of antennas. Lastly the antennas are separated from the panel body by pushing the disc-shaped boards (20) out o