Electronic communication devices, methods of forming electrical communication devices, and communications methods
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Abstract
The present invention provides electronic communication devices, methods of forming electrical communication devices, and communications methods. An electronic communication device adapted to receive electronic signals includes: a housing comprising a substrate and an encapsulant; an integrated circuit provided within the housing and comprising transponder circuitry operable to communicate an identification signal responsive to receiving a polling signal; an antenna provided within the housing and being coupled with the transponder circuitry; and a ground plane provided within the housing and being spaced from the antenna and configured to shield some of the electronic signals from the antenna and reflect others of the electronic signals towards the antenna. A method of forming an electronic signal communication device includes providing a substrate having a support surface; providing a conductive layer adjacent at least a portion of the support surface; providing a dielectric layer over the conductive layer; providing an antenna over the dielectric layer; coupling an integrated circuit with the antenna; and encapsulating the antenna, the dielectric layer, and the integrated circuit using a flowable encapsulant.
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108 Claims
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66. A method of forming a remote communications device comprising:
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electrically coupling wireless communications circuitry with an antenna construction, wherein the wireless communications circuitry is configured to implement wireless communications including at least one of processing first wireless communications signals received by the antenna construction and to control outputting of second wireless communications signals using the antenna construction;
providing a ground plane configured to interact with the antenna construction during wireless communications of the wireless communications circuitry; and
configuring the ground plane to be at a substantially constant voltage during the wireless communications of the wireless communications circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72)
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73. A wireless communications method comprising:
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wirelessly communicating using an antenna of a wireless communications device;
interacting a conductive layer of the wireless communications device with the antenna during the wirelessly communicating; and
defining a voltage of the conductive layer during the wirelessly communicating. - View Dependent Claims (74, 75, 76, 77)
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78. A wireless communications method comprising:
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receiving a wireless polling signal using a remote communications device;
using the remote communications device, outputting a wireless identification signal identifying the remote communications device responsive to the receiving the wireless polling signal; and
reflecting electromagnetic energy using a ground plane during at least one of the receiving and the outputting. - View Dependent Claims (79, 80, 81, 82)
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83. A remote communications device comprising:
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an antenna construction;
wireless communications circuitry coupled with the antenna construction; and
a ground plane configured to interact with the antenna construction during operation of the wireless communications circuitry and configured to have a substantially constant voltage during the operation of the wireless communications circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90)
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91. A remote communications device comprising:
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an antenna;
wireless communications circuitry coupled with the antenna;
a conductive layer configured to interact with the antenna during wireless communications of the wireless communications circuitry; and
bias circuitry coupled with the conductive layer and configured to bias the conductive layer during the wireless communications of the wireless communications circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (92, 93, 94, 95)
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96. A remote communications device comprising:
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a housing;
an antenna construction coupled with the housing;
wireless communications circuitry coupled with the housing and the antenna construction, wherein the wireless communications circuitry is configured to implement wireless communications of the remote communications device using the antenna construction; and
a ground plane coupled with the housing and configured to interact with the antenna construction during the wireless communications of the remote communication device, wherein the ground plane is provided at a substantially constant voltage during the wireless communications. - View Dependent Claims (97, 98)
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99. A radio frequency identification device comprising:
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an antenna construction configured to receive a wireless polling signal and to output a wireless identification signal, wherein the wireless identification signal identifies the radio frequency identification device;
a ground plane configured to reflect electromagnetic energy during at least one of the receiving the wireless polling signal and the outputting the wireless identification signal; and
processing circuitry coupled with the antenna construction and configured to receive an electrical signal corresponding to the wireless polling signal received by the antenna construction and to control the outputting of the wireless identification signal responsive to the wireless polling signal. - View Dependent Claims (100, 101, 102, 103, 104)
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105. A wireless communications system comprising:
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an interrogator configured to implement wireless communications including communicating wireless communications signals;
a remote communications device remotely located with respect to the interrogator and configured to implement wireless communications including communicating the wireless communications signals; and
wherein the remote communications device comprises a ground plane configured to reflect electromagnetic energy, and wherein the ground plane is provided at a substantially constant voltage during the wireless communications of the remote communications device. - View Dependent Claims (106, 107, 108)
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