Printed radio frequency sensing cards and fabricating methods therefor

• US 20020163479A1
• Filed: 04/30/2002
• Published: 11/07/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chih-I Lin, Shengfu Lin, Shih-Yu Tsou, Wei-Kang Lin
• Original Assignee: Chih-I Lin, Shengfu Lin, Shih-Yu Tsou, Wei-Kang Lin
• Inventors: Lin, Chih-I, Lin, Shengfu, Lin, Wei-Kang, Tsou, Shih-Yu
• Application Number:
  US10/134,530
• Publication Number:
  US 20020163479A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/895
• 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 19/07779 the inductive antenna being a coil
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07783 the coil being planar
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07784 the inductive antenna consisting of a plurality of coils stacked on top of one another
• 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 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
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/27 Spiral antennas
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49016 Antenna or wave energy "plumbing" making

Abstract

A fabricating method of the printed radio frequency sensing card includes a first step in which a printed circuit board substrate is provided in two sides with a coil circuit and an implantation hole. These two coil circuits are connected by a through hole connection to form a single coil circuit having two ends. An identification IC is mounted to the implantation hole such that the identification IC is electrically connected with the ends of the single coil circuit at two points, which are on two surfaces of the identification IC.

Claims

1. A method for fabricating a printed radio frequency sensing card, said method comprising the steps of:

(a) printing on one side of a printed circuit board substrate with a first coil circuit, and on other side of the printed circuit board substrate with a second coil circuit,

(b) forming a through hole on said printed circuit board substrate, and forming a conductor in said through hole so that the first coil circuit and the second coil circuit are connected with said conductor into a single coil circuit having one end on said one side and said other side;

(c) forming an implantation hole on said printed circuit board substrate, mounting an identification IC to said implantation hole, and electrically connecting said identification IC with said two ends of said single coil circuit; and

(d) providing the implanted printed circuit board substrate from the step (c) with one or more protective layers laminated therewith.

2. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein said through hole is formed at a center of the printed circuit board substrate, the first coil circuit is wound clockwise from an outside of the printed circuit board substrate to said center, and said second coil circuit is wound clockwise from said center to said outside of the printed circuit board substrate, so that said first coil circuit and said second coil circuit are connected with said conductor to form said single coil circuit.

3. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein in step (c) said identification IC is electrically connecting with said two ends of said single coil circuit at two points, which are on two surfaces of said identification IC.

4. A printed radio frequency sensing card comprising:

one or more printed circuit board substrates; and

an identification IC;

wherein at least one of said printed circuit board substrates is provided with two printed coil circuits, which are on two sides of said at least one of said printed circuit board substrates and connected by a through hole connection to form a single coil circuit having one end on each of said two sides, and said identification IC is mounted to said at least one of said printed circuit board substrates and is electrically connected to said two ends of said single coil circuit.

5. The sensing card as defined in claim 4, wherein said identification IC is electrically connected to said two ends of said single coil circuit at two points, which are on two surfaces of said identification IC.

6. The sensing card as defined in claim 4 comprising only one printed circuit board substrate, and said through hole connection being located substantially at a corner or center of said printed circuit board substrate.

7. The sensing card as defined in claim 6, wherein said through hole connection is substantially located at the center of said printed circuit board substrate.

8. The sensing card as defined in claim 6, wherein said identification IC is substantially located at the center or corner of the printed circuit board substrate such that said identification IC is mot overlapped with said through hole connection.

9. The sensing card as defined in claim 7, wherein said identification IC is located substantially at the corner of said printed circuit board substrate.

10. The sensing card as defined on claim 4 being under 1 MH_z.

11. The sensing card as defined in claim 10 being under 300 KH_z.

12. The sensing card as defined in claim 11 being in the vicinity of 125 KH_z.