Patent ID: 7971339

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a radio frequency device, said method comprising: providing a substrate defining a substrate plane, and an integrated circuit positioned on said substrate or in a recess formed on said substrate, and a pair of terminal areas associated with said integrated circuit; affixing a wire to said substrate, said affixing step including: (i) positioning a first portion of said wire on said substrate laterally offset and spaced from one of said terminal areas; (ii) affixing a second portion of the wire to the substrate to form the windings of an antenna; (iii) positioning a third portion of said wire on said substrate laterally offset and spaced from the other of said terminal areas; and, in a subsequent step, repositioning the first portion of said wire to a position over or in contact with a first terminal area of the integrated circuit; and, repositioning the third portion of said wire to a position over or in contact with the second terminal area of the integrated circuit.