Patent ID: 8669827

Claim:
A method for creating an integrated circuit comprising: providing a first substrate; printing a continuous circuit on the first side of the first substrate comprising a first circulator pattern and a first external component; providing a second substrate comprising a metalized layer on at least one side; creating a first aperture in the second substrate sized and shaped to accept a first ferrite disk; inserting the first ferrite disk into the aperture; placing a conductive material over the first ferrite disk such that the conductive material is in electrical contact with the first ferrite disk and the metalized layer on the second substrate to form a continuous ground plane; placing a first magnet below the first ferrite disk; bonding the second substrate to the bottom of the first substrate; providing a third substrate comprising a metalized layer on at least one side; creating a second aperture in the third substrate sized and shaped to accept a second ferrite disk; inserting the second ferrite disk into the aperture; placing a conductive material over the ferrite disk such that the conductive material is in electrical contact with the first ferrite disk and the metalized layer on the third substrate to form a continuous ground plane; placing a second magnet above the second ferrite disk; bonding the third substrate to the top of the first substrate.