Patent ID: 8531297

Claim:
A method of making an RFID device, comprising: testing an RFID circuit that is on a web of RFID circuits; if the RFID circuit is determined by the testing to be non-defective, positioning the non-defective RFID circuit in an RFID circuit separation device; separating the non-defective RFID circuit from the web of RFID circuits with a singulating member; directing the non-defective RFID circuit onto a rotary placement device and holding the non-defective RFID circuit with a negative pressure with a singulating member; and placing the non-defective RFID circuit onto an electrical component with the rotary placement device; if the RFID circuit is determined by the testing to be defective, advancing the defective RFID circuit to a scrap RFID web removal device; and removing the defective RFID circuit from the web, with the scrap RFID web removal device.