Patent ID: 7361251
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: B31D,B32B,G06K,H01L,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of forming an RFID article, the method comprising: separating an RFID webstock into a plurality of sections, wherein the RFID webstock includes a plurality of electrical connectors, each electrically coupled to one of a plurality of RFID chips, wherein each of the sections includes one or more of the electrical connectors and one or more of the RFID chips; securing at least some of the separated sections to a transport member; transferring the sections on the transport member to a moving antenna web, wherein the antenna web includes a plurality of spaced antennas disposed thereon, and wherein the transferring includes moving the transport member such that the transport member has substantially the same speed as the antenna web when the sections are transferred from the transport member to the antenna web; and attaching the sections to the antenna web such that the sections are operatively coupled to respective of the antennas.