Patent ID: 8359739

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a module comprising: providing an electronic meta-module comprising: a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface; a plurality of component areas on the top surface of the substrate for a plurality of modules; a body formed from a dielectric material that covers the plurality of component areas, wherein certain component areas of the plurality of component areas are associated with metallic structures that are covered by the body; and a support structure extending from the bottom surface of the substrate; exposing at least a portion of the metallic structures associated with the certain component areas through the body to provide a plurality of exposed metallic structures, wherein the support structure stabilizes the substrate when exposing the at least a portion of the metallic structures; and after exposing the at least the portion of the metallic structures associated with the certain component areas through the body to provide the plurality of exposed metallic structures, applying an electromagnetic shield material over at least portions of an exterior surface of the body for each of the certain component areas and on the plurality of exposed metallic structures to form electromagnetic shields over the certain component areas.