Author: claimsbot

1. An LGA interconnect, comprising a substrate and a plurality of contact assemblies, said substrate having a plurality of apertures therethrough arranged in an array, each said contact assembly comprised of at least one metal contact and an insulative member, said insulative member being positioned in said aperture, positioning a first contact member of said metal contact above said substrate and a second contact of said metal contact below said substrate, said insulative member isolating said metal contact from said substrate.
2. The LGA interconnect of claim 1, wherein said insulative member is attached to said metal contact.
3. The LGA interconnect of claim 2, wherein said insulative member is overmolded on said metal contact.
4. The LGA interconnect of claim 2, wherein said substrate is rigid.
5. The LGA interconnect of claim 4, wherein said rigid substrate is comprised of metal.
6. The LGA interconnect of claim 2, wherein said insulative member also retains said contact assembly to said substrate.
7. The LGA interconnect of claim 6, wherein said metal contact is comprised of an intermediate base portion with said first and second contact members extending from opposite ends thereof.
8. The LGA interconnect of claim 7, wherein said insulative member is overmolded at said intermediate portion.
9. The LGA interconnect of claim 8, wherein said overmolded insulative member has a head portion larger than said aperture and a shank portion profiled to be received in said aperture.
10. The LGA interconnect of claim 9, wherein said overmolded insulative member is made of plastic material.
11. The LGA interconnect of claim 9, wherein said shank portion comprises a slot profiled to be received in an edge of said substrate, adjacent said aperture.
12. The LGA interconnect of claim 11, wherein the shank portion of said overmolded insulative member is swaged, with said slot in an overlapping position with said edge of said aperture, and said shank portion is deformed against said substrate, retaining said overmolded insulative member and said contact within said aperture.
13. The LGA interconnect of claim 1, wherein said first and second contact members extend as cantilever beams from said insulative member.
14. The LGA interconnect of claim 13, wherein said contact assemblies are arranged on said substrate with said cantilever beams oriented at an angle as measured about an axial centerline through said apertures, which is normal to said substrate.
15. The LGA interconnect of claim 14, wherein said angle is approximately 45 degrees.
16. The LGA interconnect of claim 14, wherein said contact assemblies are arranged in at least two arrays with the cantilever beams extending opposed.
17. The LGA interconnect of claim 16, wherein said at least two arrays are aligned along at least one diagonal line across said substrate.
18. The LGA interconnect of claim 17, wherein said at least two arrays are aligned along plural diagonal lines.
19. The LGA interconnect of claim 16, wherein said contact assemblies are arranged in quadrants, with all cantilever portions projecting generally towards a geometrical center of said substrate.
20. The LGA interconnect of claim 17, wherein each insulative member comprises plural metal contacts positioned therein.
21. The LGA interconnect of claim 20, wherein said insulative member is overmolded around said contacts.
22. The LGA interconnect of claim 21, wherein said insulative member includes interstitial stops intermediate the contacts, to provide a stop member for contacts in another row.
23. The LGA interconnect of claim 22, further comprising overstress stops positioned on said substrate to provide a stop position for said printed circuit board and said chip.
24. The LGA interconnect of claim 1, further comprising a housing member extending around a periphery of said substrate.
25. The LGA interconnect of claim 24, wherein said housing is insulative.
26. The LGA interconnect of claim 25, wherein said substrate is retained to said housing by overmolding said housing around a periphery of said substrate.
27. The LGA interconnect of claim 26, wherein said housing is overmolded in sections.
28. The LGA interconnect of claim 24, wherein said housing member has a substrate receiving surface with a plurality of extending pins, and said substrate has a like plurality of aligning apertures secured over said pins.
29. The LGA interconnect of claim 28, wherein said apertures include openings in a surrounding relationship to said apertures, defining resilient spring edges at said apertures.
30. The LGA interconnect of claim 1, further comprising stop members located along said housing to provide stop positions for said chip.
31. The LGA interconnect of claim 30, wherein said stop members are integrally formed in said housing.
32. The LGA interconnect of claim 31, wherein said stop members are inserts having more rigidity than the material which forms the housing.
33. An LGA interconnect comprising a substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface and a plurality of apertures therethrough arranged in an array, said substrate having housing walls positioned around a periphery of said substrate, and upstanding at least from said upper surface, and a plurality of contact assemblies positioned in said plurality of apertures, each contact assembly comprised of at least one metal contact and an insulative member, the metal contact having a first contact portion projecting above said substrate upper surface, and a second contact portion projecting below said lower surface, said insulative member being positionable in said aperture, isolating said metal contact from said substrate.
34. The LGA interconnect of claim 33, wherein said substrate is comprised of metal.
35. The LGA interconnect of claim 33, wherein said insulative member is overmolded on said metal contact.
36. The LGA interconnect of claim 35, wherein said metal contact is comprised of an intermediate base portion with said first and second contact portions extending from opposite ends thereof.
37. The LGA interconnect of claim 36, wherein said insulative member is overmolded at said intermediate portion.
38. The LGA interconnect of claim 35, wherein said overmolded insulative member has a head portion larger than said aperture and a shank portion profiled to be received in said aperture.
39. The LGA interconnect of claim 38, wherein said overmolded insulative member is made of plastic material.
40. The LGA interconnect of claim 38, wherein said shank portion comprises a transverse slot profiled to be received in an edge of said substrate, adjacent said aperture.
41. The LGA interconnect of claim 40, wherein the shank portion of each said overmolded insulative member is swaged, positioning said slot in an overlapping position with said edge of said aperture, and said shank portion being deformed against said substrate, retaining said overmolded insulative member and said contact within said aperture.
42. The LGA interconnect of claim 33, wherein said housing is overmolded around a periphery of said metal substrate.
43. The LGA interconnect of claim 42, wherein said housing is overmolded is sections.
44. The LGA interconnect of claim 33, wherein said housing has a substrate receiving surface with a plurality of extending pins, and said substrate has a like plurality of aligning apertures secured over said pins.
45. The LGA interconnect of claim 44, wherein said apertures include openings in a surrounding relationship to said apertures, defining resilient spring edges at said apertures.
46. The LGA interconnect of claim 33, wherein said contact assemblies are arranged in at least two arrays with the cantilever beams extending opposed.
47. The LGA interconnect of claim 46, wherein said at least two arrays are aligned along at least one diagonal line across said substrate.
48. The LGA interconnect of claim 47, wherein said at least two arrays are aligned along plural diagonal lines.
49. The LGA interconnect of claim 46, wherein said contact assemblies are arranged in quadrants, with all cantilever portions projecting generally towards a geometrical center of said substrate.
50. The LGA interconnect of claim 47, wherein each insulative member comprises plural metal contacts positioned therein.
51. The LGA interconnect of claim 50, wherein said insulative member is overmolded around said contacts.
52. The LGA interconnect of claim 51, wherein said insulative member includes interstitial stops intermediate the contacts, to provide a stop member for contacts in another row.
53. The LGA interconnect of claim 33, further comprising overstress stops positioned on said substrate to provide a stop position for said contacts.
54. The LGA interconnect of claim 33, further comprising stop members located along said housing to provide stop positions for said chip.
55. The LGA interconnect of claim 54, wherein said stop members are integrally formed in said housing.
56. The LGA interconnect of claim 54, wherein said stop members are inserts having more rigidity than the material which forms the housing.
57. A method of making an array of contacts for interconnecting two planar electrical components, comprising the steps of:
providing a substrate to define a perimeter edge and an array of apertures therethrough;
forming a plurality of metal contacts to each include an intermediate portion, an upper contact portion extending from an upper portion of said intermediate portion and a lower contact portion extending downwardly from said intermediate portion;
positioning said intermediate portions of said metal contacts through said apertures; and
isolating said metal contacts from said substrate.
58. The method of claim 57, wherein said substrate is provided as a rigid substrate.
59. The method of claim 58, wherein said rigid substrate is provided as a metal substrate.
60. The method of claim 57, wherein said metal contacts are isolated from said metal substrate by molding an insulative insert over said intermediate portion.
61. The method of claim 60, wherein said overmolded insert is molded to include a head portion which is larger than said apertures and a shank portion which is receivable in said apertures.
62. The method of claim 61, wherein said overmolded inserts are held in place in said substrate by swaging said shank portions to enlarge at least a portion of said shank portions to a dimension larger than said aperture.
63. The method of claim 57, wherein the apertures are provided by an etching process.
64. The method of claim 57, further comprising the step of providing a housing in a surrounding relation to said rigid substrate, to surround said upper contact portions.
65. The method of claim 64, wherein said housing is provided by overmolding said housing to said rigid substrate.
66. The method of claim 57, wherein the rigid substrate is retained to the housing by interfering pins on said housing and apertures in said metal substrate.
67. The method of claim 62, wherein said head portion, at the intersection of said shank portion, is provided with a vertically offset portion, whereby when said over-molded insert is positioned in said aperture, said vertically offset portion contacts said substrate.
68. The method of claim 67, wherein said contacts are formed at an angle relative to said substrate, and said contacts are bent away from said vertically offset portion.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A document reproduction system comprising:
means adapted for acquiring document image data representative of a document image in accordance with a copier scan operation;
a memory for storing the document image data;
means adapted for acquiring overlay placement data representative of a position of at least one selected overlay region relative to the image data;
means adapted for generating a thumbnail image of the document image data inclusive of indicia corresponding to the position of the selected overlay region in accordance with the overlay placement data;
overlay data input means adapted for receiving into the memory overlay data representative of supplemental information associated with the document image data wherein the overlay data includes a plurality of string variables and a plurality of number variables;
means adapted for receiving parameter data corresponding to at least one of interval, start number, and digits associated with the number variables;
association means adapted for selectively associating the overlay data with the at least one overlay region;
overlay image generation means adapted for generating overlay image data corresponding to overlay data;
generating means adapted for generating in the memory composite image data including the document image data and the overlay data disposed in an associated overlay region, wherein the overlay is positioned relative to the document image data in accordance with acquired placement data;
means adapted for incrementing a number variable in connection with the parameter data so as to generate a series of composite image data such that the overlay image generation means generates overlay image data corresponding thereto; and
output means adapted for rendering an output series of documents wherein each document of the series is formed in accordance with the series of composite image data.
2. The document reproduction system according to claim 1 further comprising means adapted for receiving selected data wherein such data is associated with at least one of the string variables and number variables.
3. The document reproduction system according to claim 1 further comprising means adapted for selecting the location of at least one overlay region of the image data.
4. The document reproduction system according to claim 1 further comprising a display for generating an image of the composite image data.
5. The document reproduction system according to claim 1 further comprising means adapted for generating the composite image data.
6. The document reproduction system according to claim 5 further comprising means adapted for selecting the parameters for generating the composite image data.
7. The document reproduction system according to claim 1 wherein the document reproduction system is selected from an image generating device and a multifunctional peripheral.
8. A method for reproducing documents comprising the steps of:
acquiring document image data representative of a document image in accordance with a copier scan operation;
storing the document image data in memory;
acquiring overlay placement data representative of a position of at least one selected overlay region relative to the image data;
generating a thumbnail image of the document image data inclusive of indicia corresponding to the position of the selected overlay region in accordance with the overlay placement data;
receiving into the memory overlay data representative of supplemental information associated with the document image data wherein the overlay data includes a plurality of string variables and a plurality of number variables;
receiving parameter data corresponding to at least one interval, start number, and digits associated with the number variables;
selectively associating the overlay data with the at least one overlay region;
generating overlay image data corresponding to overlay data;
generating, in the memory, composite image data including the document image data and the overlay data disposed in an associated overlay region, wherein the overlay data is positioned relative to the document image data in accordance with acquired placement data;
incrementing a number variable in connection with the parameter data so as to generate a series of composite image data such that the overlay image data is generated corresponding thereto; and
rendering an output series of documents wherein each document of the series is formed in accordance with the series of composite image data.
9. The method according to claim 8 further comprising the step of receiving selected data wherein such data is associated with at least one of the string variables and number variables.
10. The method according to claim 8 further comprising the step of selecting the location of at least one overlay region of the image data.
11. The method according to claim 8 further comprising the step of generating an image of the composite image data on an associated display means.
12. The method according to claim 8 further comprising the step of generating the composite image data.
13. The method according to claim 12 further comprising the step of selecting the parameters for generating the composite image data.
14. The method according to claim 8 wherein the method is performed on a document reproduction system selected from an image generating device and a multifunctional peripheral.
15. A computer readable medium storing instructions capable of being executed by a computer for reproducing documents comprising:
instructions for acquiring document image data representative of a document image in accordance with a copier scan operation;
instructions for storing the document image data in a memory;
instructions for acquiring overlay placement data representative of a position of at least one selected overlay region relative to the image data;
instructions for generating a thumbnail image of the document image data inclusive of indicia corresponding to the position of the selected overlay region in accordance with the overlay placement data;
instructions for receiving into the memory overlay data representative of supplemental information associated with the document image data wherein the overlay data includes a plurality of string variables and a plurality of number variables;
instructions for receiving parameter data corresponding to at least one of interval, start number, and digits associated with the number variables;
instructions for selectively associating the overlay data with the at least one overlay region;
instructions for generating overlay image data corresponding to overlay data;
instructions for generating in the memory composite image data including the document image data and the overlay data disposed in an associated overlay region, wherein the overlay data is positioned relative to the document image data in accordance with acquired placement data;
instructions for incrementing a number variable in connection with the parameter data so as to generate a series of composite image data such that overlay image data is generated corresponding thereto; and
instructions for rendering an output series of documents wherein each document of the series is formed in accordance with the series of composite image data.
16. The computer readable medium according to claim 15 further comprising instructions for receiving selected data wherein such data is associated with at least one of the string variables and number variables.
17. The computer readable medium according to claim 15 further comprising instructions for selecting the location of at least one overlay region of the image data.
18. The computer readable medium according to claim 17 further comprising instructions for selecting parameters for the at least one overlay region of the image data.
19. The computer readable medium according to claim 15 further comprising instructions for generating an image of the composite image data.
20. The computer readable medium according to claim 15 further comprising instructions for generating the composite image data.
21. The computer readable medium according to claim 20 further comprising instructions for selecting the parameters for generating the composite image data.

1. A computer-implemented system comprising:
a plurality of repositories to store artifacts comprising software instructions for a plurality of different software development environments, wherein the artifacts comprise source code written in one or more programming languages of the software development environments;
one or more computers;
a plurality of distributed asset sources executing on the one or more computers to monitor the repositories, detect one or more new or updated artifacts within the repositories, and in response to detecting the new or updated artifacts within the repositories, automatically generate, based on an asset template, one or more software assets in a normalized format that complies with a data description language, wherein each of the software assets corresponds to a set of one or more of the artifacts within the software development repositories and is automatically generated to include metadata that references the respective artifacts stored within the repositories of the software development environments, and wherein the asset template defines one or more schemas to control generation of the software assets from the artifacts; and
an asset management system comprising an asset library and one or more modules, executing on the one or more computers, to receive the software assets from the asset sources, to store the software assets within the asset library, and to selectively retrieve one or more of the software assets from the asset library for reuse within one or more of the development environments.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the asset source generates the software assets to include references to the artifacts within the repository.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the asset source generates the software assets in a format that complies with a data description language.
4. The system of claim 3, wherein the data description language comprises the extensible markup language (XML).
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the asset source comprises a staging area to store the software assets prior to storage within the asset library by the asset management system.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein one or more of the asset sources comprises a writable interface for editing the software assets.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein one or more of the asset sources comprises an artifact storage to cache artifacts extracted from the repositories.
8. The system of claim 1, further comprising an asset capture tool to update the software assets based on additional artifacts.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein the asset capture tool includes a user interface to receive the additional artifacts from a user.
10. The system of claim 8, wherein the asset capture tool includes scripts to generate the additional artifacts.
11. The system of claim 1,
wherein the asset management system comprises an asset capture tool to update the software assets in accordance with the asset template, wherein the asset capture tool identifies missing artifacts from the software asset based on the asset template.
12. The system of claim 1, wherein the asset management system comprises a rules engine to generate metadata that maps the software assets to elements of one or more models that graphically represent a set of software components having instructions.
13. The system of claim 12, wherein the asset management system further comprises an asset retrieval module to selectively retrieve one or more of the software assets from the asset library based on the metadata.
14. The system of claim 12, wherein the one or more models comprise at least one of a process model, a structural model, a resource model, and an implementation model.
15. The system of claim 1, wherein the asset management system comprises an asset retrieval module to receive input from a user selecting an element of a model, and to selectively retrieve one or more of the software assets from the asset library based on the input.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein the asset retrieval module generates a search specification based on the user input.
17. The system of claim 16, further comprising a scoring engine to score the software assets within the asset library against the search specification.
18. The system of claim 1, wherein the artifacts comprise one of source code, binary code, a requirements specification, a design document, a model, a use case, and a collaboration diagram.
19. A computer-implemented system comprising:
a plurality of repositories to store artifacts comprising software instructions for a plurality of different software development environments, wherein the artifacts comprise source code written in one or more programming languages;
one or more computers;
a multi-level hierarchy of asset sources executing on the one or more computers to monitor the software development repositories, detect one or more new or updated artifacts within the repositories and in response to detecting the new or updated artifacts within the repositories, automatically generate, based on an asset template, one or more software assets in a normalized format that complies with a data description language, the software assets having metadata that reference the artifacts stored within the repositories of the software development environments, the asset template defining one or more schemas for the software assets in accordance with the data description language, wherein higher-level asset sources of the multi-level hierarchy receive software assets from lower-level asset sources of the hierarchy and combine the received software assets to form aggregate software assets; and
an asset management system comprising an asset library and one or more modules, executing on the one or more computers to receive the aggregate software assets from the hierarchy of asset sources, store the aggregate software assets within the asset library, and selectively retrieve one or more of the software assets from the asset library for reuse within one or more of the development environments.
20. The system of claim 19, wherein the asset sources generate the software assets in accordance with asset templates that define schemas for the software assets in accordance with a data description language.
21. The system of claim 19, wherein the asset management system comprises at least two asset capture tools communicatively coupled to different asset sources of different levels of the hierarchy.
22. The system of claim 19, wherein the asset management system comprises a publishing module to retrieve the software assets from the asset sources and to insert the software assets into the asset library.
23. The system of claim 19, wherein the asset management system comprises an asset capture tool that updates the software assets to include metadata that maps the aggregate software assets to elements of a model.
24. The system of claim 23, wherein the asset management system comprises an asset retrieval module to selectively retrieve the software assets from the asset library based on the metadata.
25. The system of claim 19, wherein the asset management system comprises a rules engine to generate metadata that maps the software asset to elements of one or more models.
26. The system of claim 25, wherein the one or more models comprise at least one of a process model, a structural model, a resource model, and an implementation model.
27. A computer-implemented system comprising:
a plurality of repositories to store software artifacts comprising software instructions for a plurality of different software development environments, wherein the software artifacts comprise source code written in one or more programming languages;
one or more computers;
a plurality of distributed asset sources executing on the one or more computers to monitor the software development repositories, detect one or more new or updated artifacts within the repositories, and in response to detecting the new or updated artifacts within the repositories, automatically harvest the new or updated software artifacts from the software development environments and generate, based on an asset template, one or more software assets in a normalized format that complies with a data description language, wherein each of the software assets corresponds to a set of one or more of the software artifacts within the software development repositories and is automatically generated to include metadata that references the respective artifacts metadata that references the respective artifacts stored within the repositories of the software development environments, and wherein the asset template defines one or more schemas to control generation of the software assets from the software artifacts; and
an asset management system comprising:
an asset library to store the software assets;
one or more modules, executing on the one or more computers, to receive the software asset from the asset source and to store the software asset within the asset library,
a rules engine to generate metadata that maps the software asset to elements of a model that graphically represents a set of software components having instructions; and
an asset retrieval module to receive input from a user selecting an element of the model and to selectively retrieve the software asset from the asset library based on the input and the metadata that maps the software assets to the elements of the model.
28. The system of claim 27, wherein the asset management system further comprises:
an asset capture tool that identifies missing artifacts from the software asset based on the asset template.
29. The system of claim 27, wherein the model comprises one of a process model, a structural model, a resource model, and an implementation model.
30. The system of claim 27, wherein the asset retrieval module generates a search specification based on the user input.
31. The system of claim 30, further comprising a scoring engine to score the software assets within database against the search specification.
32. A method comprising:
monitoring, with a plurality of distributed asset sources executing on one or more computers, a plurality of repositories that store artifacts comprising software instructions for a plurality of different software development environments, wherein the artifacts comprise source code written in one or more programming languages;
detecting, with the asset sources, one or more new or updated artifacts within the software development repositories;
in response to detecting the new or updated artifacts within the repositories of the software development, automatically harvesting the new or updated artifacts from the software development environments and generating, based on an asset template, one or more software assets in a normalized format that complies with a data description language, wherein each of the software assets corresponds to a set of one or more of the artifacts within the repositories and is automatically generated to include metadata that references the respective artifacts stored within the repositories of the software development environments, and wherein the asset template defining one or more schemas to control generation of the software assets in accordance;
receiving, with an asset management system executing on the one or more computers, the software assets from the asset sources;
storing, with the asset management system, the software assets within an asset library included in the asset management system; and
selectively retrieving, with the asset management system, one or more of the software assets from the asset library for reuse within one or more of the development environments.
33. The method of claim 32, wherein generating the software assets comprises generating the software assets based on new and updated artifacts within the repositories.
34. The method of claim 32, wherein generating the software assets comprises generating the software assets to include references to related artifacts within the repositories.
35. The method of claim 32, wherein the data description language comprises the extensible markup language (XML).
36. The method of claim 32, further comprising storing the software assets within a staging area prior to publication to the asset management system.
37. The method of claim 32, wherein generating the software assets comprises:
identifying additional artifacts required for the software assets; and
invoking an asset capture module to update the software assets to include the additional artifacts.
38. The method of claim 37, wherein invoking the asset capture module comprises invoking scripts to automatically update the software assets.
39. The method of claim 37, wherein invoking the asset capture module comprises invoking a user interface to receive the additional artifacts.
40. The method of claim 37, further comprising publishing the updated software assets to the asset library.
41. The method of claim 32, further comprising:
receiving the artifacts via distributed asset sources; and
communicating the artifacts from the asset sources to a publishing module for insertion into the asset library.
42. The method of claim 32, wherein generating the software assets comprises generating metadata that maps the software assets to elements of one or more models that graphically represent a set of software components having instructions.
43. The method of claim 42, wherein selectively retrieving, with the asset management system, one or more of the software assets from the asset library comprises selectively retrieving the software assets from the asset library based on the metadata.
44. The method of claim 42, further comprising:
receiving input from a user selecting one or more elements of the models,
wherein selectively retrieving, with the asset management system, one or more of the software assets from the asset library comprises retrieving software assets from the asset library based on the selected elements of the model.
45. The method of claim 44, further comprising ranking the software assets of the asset library according to the selected elements of the models.
46. The method of claim 32, wherein the artifact comprises one of source code, binary code, a requirements specification, a design document, a model, a use case, and a collaboration diagram.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A monopole antenna apparatus used with a communication system, comprising:
a substrate, wherein said substrate comprises a flat surface and a cambered surface;
a first feeding point located on said substrate, wherein said first feeding point is used to connect with said communication system;
a first radiating metal line, comprising:
a high-frequency path formed on said flat surface, wherein one end of said high-frequency path is connected with said first feeding point;
a low-frequency path formed on said cambered surface, wherein one end of said low-frequency path is connected with said first feeding point;

a second feeding point formed on said substrate, wherein said second feeding point is used to connect with said communication system; and
a second radiating metal line formed on said cambered surface, wherein one end of said second radiating metal line is connected with said second feeding point.
2. The antenna apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
a shorting point formed on said substrate, wherein said shorting point is used to connect with a ground potential of said communicating system; and
a shorting path formed on said flat surface, wherein the two ends of said shorting path are respectively connected with said second radiating metal line and said shorting point.
3. The antenna apparatus of claim 1, wherein the material of said substrate is plastic.
4. The antenna apparatus of claim 1, wherein the materials of said high-frequency path and said low-frequency path of said first radiating metal line, said second radiating metal line and said shorting path are metal.
5. The antenna apparatus of claim 1, wherein the resonant frequency band of said high-frequency path is 1710 MHz to 1990 MHz.
6. The antenna apparatus of claim 1, wherein the resonant frequency band of said low-frequency path is 824 MHz to 960 MHz.
7. The antenna apparatus of claim 1, wherein the resonant frequency of said second radiating metal line is 1575 MHz.
8. The antenna apparatus of claim 1, wherein said high-frequency path is formed by connecting four line segments in order, that is, a first line segment, a second line segment, a third line segment and a fourth line segment, wherein the angle between said first line segment and said second line segment is about 90\xb0 to 120\xb0, and the adjacent angles among said second line segment, said third line segment, and said fourth line segment are both about 45\xb0 to 60\xb0.
9. The antenna apparatus of claim 1, wherein said low-frequency path is formed by connecting eleven line segments in order, and the angles between any two adjacent line segments within said eleven line segments are all about 30\xb0 to 120\xb0.
10. The antenna apparatus of claim 1, wherein said second radiating metal line is formed by connecting four line segments, that is, a first line segment, a second line segment, a third line segment and a fourth line segment, wherein the angle between said first line segment and said second line segment is about 60\xb0, and the adjacent angles among said second line segment, said third line segment, and said fourth line segment are both about 90\xb0.
11. The antenna apparatus of claim 2, wherein said shorting path is a single line segment.
12. A multi-band mobile phone and global positioning dual purpose system, comprising:
a mobile phone radio frequency (RF) module, wherein said mobile phone RF module is used to transmit or receive the mobile phone signals of said system;
a global positioning radio frequency (RF) module, wherein said global positioning RF module is used to receive the global positioning signals of said system;
an antenna apparatus, comprising:
a substrate, wherein said substrate comprises a flat surface and a cambered surface;
a first feeding point located on said substrate, wherein said first feeding point is used to connect with said mobile phone RF module;
a first radiating metal line, comprising:
a high-frequency path formed on said flat surface, wherein one end of said high-frequency path is connected with said first feeding point;
a low-frequency path formed on said cambered surface, wherein one end of said low-frequency path is connected with said first feeding point;
a second feeding point formed on said substrate, wherein said second feeding point is used to connect with said global positioning RF module; and
a second radiating metal line formed on said cambered surface, wherein one end of said second radiating metal line is connected with said second feeding point.
13. The system of claim 12, further comprising:
a shorting point formed on said substrate, wherein said shorting point is used to connect with a ground potential of said system; and
a shorting path formed on said flat surface, wherein the two ends of said shorting path are respectively connected with said second radiating metal line and said shorting point.
14. The system of claim 12, wherein the material of said substrate is plastic.
15. The system of claim 12, wherein the materials of said high-frequency path and said low-frequency path of said first radiating metal line, said second radiating metal line and said shorting path are metal.
16. The system of claim 12, wherein the resonant frequency band of said high-frequency path is 1710 MHz to 1990 MHz.
17. The system of claim 12, wherein the resonant frequency band of said low-frequency path is 824 MHz to 960 MHz.
18. The system of claim 12, wherein the resonant frequency of said second radiating metal line is 1575 MHz.
19. The system of claim 12, wherein said high-frequency path is formed by connecting four line segments in order, that is, a first line segment, a second line segment, a third line segment and a fourth line segment, wherein the angle between said first line segment and said second line segment is about 90\xb0 to 120\xb0, and the adjacent angles among said second line segment, said third line segment, and said fourth line segment are both about 45\xb0 to 60\xb0.
20. The system of claim 12, wherein said low-frequency path is formed by connecting eleven line segments in order, and the angles between any two adjacent line segments within said eleven line segments are all about 30\xb0 to 120\xb0.
21. The system of claim 12, wherein said second radiating metal line is formed by connecting four line segments, that is, a first line segment, a second line segment, a third line segment and a fourth line segment, wherein the angle between said first line segment and said second line segment is about 60\xb0, and the adjacent angles among said second line segment, said third line segment, and said fourth line segment are both about 90\xb0.
22. The system of claim 13, wherein said shorting path is a single line segment.
23. The system of claim 12, wherein the shape of said system is clamshell type.
24. A method for manufacturing an antenna apparatus, comprising:
providing a substrate, wherein the material of said substrate is an insulating material and said substrate at least comprises a flat surface and a cambered surface;
forming a high-frequency path on said flat surface;
forming a low-frequency path on said cambered surface;
forming a second radiating line on said cambered surface;
forming a shorting path on said flat surface; and
coating a metal materials on said high-frequency path, said low-frequency path, said second radiating line and said shorting path.
25. The method of claim 24, wherein the material of said substrate is plastic.
26. The method of claim 25, wherein the material of said substrate is polycarbonate (PC).
27. The method of claim 24, wherein the material of said high-frequency path, said low-frequency path, said second radiating line and said shorting path is acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS).
28. The method of claim 24, wherein the resonant frequency band of said high-frequency path is 1710 MHz to 1990 MHz.
29. The method of claim 28, wherein said high-frequency path is formed by connecting four line segments in order, that is, a first line segment, a second line segment, a third line segment and a fourth line segment, wherein the angle between said first line segment and said second line segment is about 90\xb0 to 120\xb0, and the adjacent angles among said second line segment, said third line segment, and said fourth line segment are both about 45\xb0 to 60\xb0.
30. The method of claim 24, wherein the resonant frequency band of said low-frequency path is 824 MHz to 960 MHz.
31. The method of claim 30, wherein said low-frequency path is formed by connecting eleven line segments in order, and the angles between any two adjacent line segments within said eleven line segments are all about 30\xb0 to 120\xb0.
32. The method of claim 24, wherein the resonant frequency of said second radiating line is 1575 MHz.
33. The method of claim 32, wherein said second radiating line is formed by connecting four line segments, that is, a first line segment, a second line segment, a third line segment and a fourth line segment, wherein the angle between said first line segment and said second line segment is about 60\xb0, and the adjacent angles among said second line segment, said third line segment, and said fourth line segment are both about 90\xb0.