No, but a well known joke here in Germany. Actually the joke goes like this: Proud of what they beleive is the thinnest wire ever made they send it to Russia for measuring its thickness. It comes back with a note saying "Sorry, it's too thin for us to measure". So they decide to send it to China. Same result. Finally they decide to send it to Western Germany. Nothing for weeks, then it comes back with a note "We did not know what to do with the wire, so we made it a tube and cut a thread on the outside as well. We hope this is in your interest." ;-)
Edit: Posted before finished reading the thread. Just saw it has been covered.
It can't be Liquid Metal as that is a cast material and wouldn't be capable of being etched after the fact as the patent describes.
The patent description notes that slots can either be etched in a circuit board, or ...
" Other techniques may be used when forming microslots in conductive housing walls. For example, microslots may be machined in metal walls or other conductive wall structures in housing using laser cutting, plasma arc cutting, micromachining (e.g., using grinding tools), or any other suitable techniques."
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Originally Posted by SolipsismX
Is that story true?
No, but a well known joke here in Germany. Actually the joke goes like this: Proud of what they beleive is the thinnest wire ever made they send it to Russia for measuring its thickness. It comes back with a note saying "Sorry, it's too thin for us to measure". So they decide to send it to China. Same result. Finally they decide to send it to Western Germany. Nothing for weeks, then it comes back with a note "We did not know what to do with the wire, so we made it a tube and cut a thread on the outside as well. We hope this is in your interest." ;-)
Edit: Posted before finished reading the thread. Just saw it has been covered.
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Originally Posted by KDarling
Cool.
A phone could have an aluminum (or Liquid Metal!) case back, with tiny ( down to .005 inch wide) plastic filled slots that serve as the antennas. ...
It can't be Liquid Metal as that is a cast material and wouldn't be capable of being etched after the fact as the patent describes.
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Originally Posted by Gazoobee
It can't be Liquid Metal as that is a cast material and wouldn't be capable of being etched after the fact as the patent describes.
The patent description notes that slots can either be etched in a circuit board, or ...
" Other techniques may be used when forming microslots in conductive housing walls. For example, microslots may be machined in metal walls or other conductive wall structures in housing using laser cutting, plasma arc cutting, micromachining (e.g., using grinding tools), or any other suitable techniques."