Patent ID: 8640325

Claim:
A method of making electronic components each having a chip module with module contacts and an antenna having antenna contacts, the method comprising the steps of: securing a plurality of the chip modules spaced apart in a row to the inner face of an elongated module film strip having an outer periphery projecting past the chip module with the chip modules spaced from one another on the module film strip at a uniform predetermined module spacing; securing a plurality of the antennas to an inner face of an elongated antenna strip with the antennas spaced from one another by a predetermined antenna spacing that is longer than the module spacing; longitudinally subdividing the module strip into sections each of which is of a length equal to the predetermined module spacing and each of which carries a respective chip module and thereafter pressing the module-strip sections against the antenna strip such that the module contacts of each of the chip modules engage and bear on the antenna contacts of a respective antenna; and bonding the outer periphery of each of the module-strip sections to the inner face of the antenna strip generally all around each of the chip modules.