Patent ID: 9308713
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: B29C,B32B,H01Q

Claim Text:
1. A method of assembling a satellite antenna comprising: placing a first layer PCB comprising a plurality of driver patches and at least one alignment hole on an assembly fixture comprising at least one alignment pole; placing a solid foam spacer comprising at least one alignment hole on the assembly fixture; pressing the solid foam spacer onto the first layer PCB to adhere the solid foam spacer to the first layer PCB; precutting through an adhesive carrier film, a double sided adhesive layer, and a reflector patch sheet in a shape of a plurality of separate reflector patches in the reflector patch sheet; removing a plurality of separate portions of the adhesive carrier film from the plurality of separate reflector patches of the reflector patch sheet, which includes at least one alignment hole; placing the reflector patch sheet on the assembly fixture; pressing the reflector patch sheet onto the solid foam spacer to adhere the plurality of separate reflector patches to the solid foam spacer; and removing a release liner from the top of the reflector patch sheet to remove excess material from the reflector patch sheet.