Long-distance radio frequency anti-metal identification tag

• US 10,312,570 B2
• Filed: 09/01/2017
• Issued: 06/04/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Read Tag Technology Corp.
• Original Assignee: Read Tag Technology Corp.
• Inventors: Wu, Chi Ju, Chang, Shirl Mei, Chan, Alexander, Ting, Chin Hsien, Chan, Hsi Jui
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancuso, Huedung X
• Application Number:
  US15/693,499
• Publication Number:
  US 20170365909A1
• Time in Patent Office: 641 Days
• Field of Search: 343770
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07749 the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07771 the record carrier comprising means for minimising adverse effects on the data communication capability of the record carrier, e.g. minimising Eddy currents induced in a proximate metal or otherwise electromagnetically interfering object
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07786 the antenna being of the HF type, such as a dipole
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2225 used in active tags, i.e. provided with its own power source or in passive tags, i.e. deriving power from RF signal
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/38 formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support patch antennas H01Q9/0407; microstrip dipole antennas H01Q9/065; microstrip slot antennas H01Q13/106; transmission line microstrip antennas H01Q13/206; manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface H01Q15/142
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 13/18 the slot being backed by, or formed in boundary wall of, a resonant cavity longitudinally slotted cylinder H01Q13/12 ; Open cavity antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 7/00 Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop

Abstract

A long-distance radio frequency anti-metal identification tag is provided. When a bottom surface of an insulating spacer plate is attached to the surface of a metal object and an electronic tag reading device is used to read a radio frequency identification chip on a second antenna. A resonant cavity is formed between a slot of a first antenna and the surface of the metal object through the isolation of the insulating spacer plate, such that the second antenna located at the position of the resonant cavity resonates with an electromagnetic wave signal reflected on the surface of the metal object by the first antenna. The electromagnetic wave signal is transmitted to the radio frequency identification chip, or the feedback signal of the radio frequency identification chip is transmitted out. The overall UHF electronic tag is resistant to a metal interference and has the performance of long-distance reading.

Claims

1. A long-distance radio frequency anti-metal identification tag, being an ultra high frequency electronic tag and comprising at least one insulating spacer plate, a first antenna, and a second antenna;

the insulating spacer plate being made of a non-conductive insulating material and having a bottom surface and an upper surface;

the first antenna being a conductive foil antenna sheet attached to the upper surface of the insulating spacer plate, the first antenna having a slot near one side edge thereof, a groove being provided between the side edge and the slot;

the second antenna being disposed in the slot of the first antenna, the second antenna being a conductive foil antenna loop attached to the upper surface of the insulating spacer plate, two ends of the conductive foil antenna loop being electrically connected with a radio frequency identification chip.

2. The long-distance radio frequency anti-metal identification tag as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are integrally formed on an insulating substrate, and the insulating substrate is attached to the upper surface of the insulating spacer plate.

3. The long-distance radio frequency anti-metal identification tag as claimed in claim 2, wherein the insulating substrate is a polymer plastic sheet, and the first antenna and the second antenna are formed by etching a metal foil on a surface of the polymer plastic sheet.

4. The long-distance radio frequency anti-metal identification tag as claimed in claim 1, wherein the insulating spacer plate is made of a flexible insulating material.

5. The long-distance radio frequency anti-metal identification tag as claimed in claim 1, wherein the slot of the first antenna is a -shaped slot, the slot has a wide slot portion for accommodating the second antenna and a narrow slot portion, and the groove is disposed between the narrow slot portion and the side edge.

6. The long-distance radio frequency anti-metal identification tag as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bottom surface of the insulating spacer plate is provided with a double-sided adhesive layer, and a release paper is provided on the double-sided adhesive layer.

7. The long-distance radio frequency anti-metal identification tag as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bottom surface of the insulating spacer plate is provided with a conductive foil.

8. The long-distance radio frequency anti-metal identification tag as claimed in claim 7, wherein an outer surface of the conductive foil is provided with a double-sided adhesive layer, and a release paper is provided on the double-sided adhesive layer.