Patent ID: 7444736

Claim:
A method for making a planar slot antenna, said method comprising the steps of: procuring a dielectric board defining first and second broad sides, and also defining a feed edge at a feed end of said dielectric board, said dielectric board including an electrically conductive slot antenna feed structure extending along a plane parallel with, and between, the planes of said first and second broad sides, said feed structure including a strip conductor extending to said feed edge; applying electrically conductive material to at least said first broad side of said dielectric board and to at least a portion of said feed edge including said strip conductor, to thereby define (a) said slot antenna on at least said first broad side of said dielectric board in registry with said feed structure and (b) an electrically conductive connection pad on said feed edge, in contact with said strip conductor, and galvanically isolated from said electrically conductive material defining said slot antenna.