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Detailed Description

A detailed description of the invention should follow the brief summary of the inventions and the description of the drawings. The key to the detailed description is that anyone skilled in the area of the invention (i.e., if it is related to electrical engineering, an electrical engineer) should be able to make and use the invention just by reading the detailed description.

Therefore, this section must include detailed instructions for making and/or using the invention. If the electrical engineer has to fiddle around with the methods described to get the invention to work, the detailed description is not considered acceptable.

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