Adding the antenna pattern to an existing custom pattern library
1) Copy the pattern library file named "
antenna.lib" (attached below) to your desktop.
2) Launch the
Pattern Editor, choose "
Other Libraries" in the
Current Library Group selection panel (left side of display), in the main menu click on "
Library" and then select "
Open..." in the drop-down menu to bring up the
Open dialog window.
3) In the
Open dialog window search for and select/highlight the new pattern library file named "
antenna.lib" (now located on your desktop) and click on the
[Open] button to add it to the library list.
4) Now choose "
User Patterns" in the
Current Library Group selection panel and select/highlight the desired destination library.
5) Click on the
Pattern Tools panel and select "
Insert Patterns from Another Library..." in the fly-out menu to bring up the
Insert Patterns dialog window.
6) In the
Insert Patterns dialog window choose "
Other Libraries" in the
Libraries drop-list, select/highlight the library named "
antenna", make sure its one-and-only pattern named "
900MHz" is selected/highlighted and click on the
[Insert] button. The new pattern's name should now be displayed in the patterns list just below the
Pattern Tools panel on the left side of the screen.
7) Resave your newly-supplemented destination library (
Ctrl +
S).
8) Choose "
Other Libraries" in the
Current Library Group selection panel, left-click on the library named "
antenna" to select/highlight it, then right-click on it and choose
Remove "antenna" Library from "Other Libraries" in the drop-down menu.
9) Choose "
User Patterns" in the
Current Library Group selection panel and select/highlight any one of its libraries to release DipTrace's hold on the desktop file.
10) Delete the file named "
antenna.lib" from your desktop.
Be sure to double-check all dimensions for any mistakes I may have made. The pattern has been designed with the first coordinate point centered and slightly inset upward from the bottom edge to facilitate a logical trace connection location. A
Route Keepout area has been added on the top side to prevent intrusions by other copper objects.
Top Solder Mask has been set to "
Tented" and
Top Paste Mask has been set to "
No Solder". This antenna pattern can be attached to a one-pin antenna component (not included here) of your own creation using the
Component Editor (see example below). Once the component with its newly-attached pattern has been saved in a custom component library, it can be used in any schematic and/or PCB layout.
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