Tag antenna, tag and RFID system using the same

• US 20070085751A1
• Filed: 02/08/2006
• Published: 04/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Kai, Manabu, Maniwa, Toru, Yamagajo, Takashi
• Granted Patent: US 7,324,058 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/795
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/22 by structural association with other equipment or articles
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/26 with folded element or elements, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of operating wavelength resonant loop antennas H01Q7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/285 Planar dipole H01Q9/065 takes precedence; patch antenna H01Q9/0407

Abstract

A communication distance difference due to an attached object can be canceled, and an RFID system can be provided which has approximately the same communication distance regardless of an attached position (surface) of a tag. A tag antenna used for such the RFID system is for transmitting/receiving a radio signal to/from an RFID reader/writer in an RFID system has a pair of antenna elements centered on a feeding point and when a carrier wavelength of the radio signal is λ, each of the pair of the antenna elements includes a dipole portion which has a length from the feeding point of approximate λ/4 and a plurality of bending portions as well as a circular polarized wave generation portion linked to an end of the dipole portion.

Claims

1. A tag antenna for transmitting/receiving a radio signal to/from an RFID reader/writer in an RFID system, comprising a pair of antenna elements centered on a feeding point,

wherein when a carrier wavelength of the radio signal is λ

, each of the pair of the antenna elements comprises;

a dipole portion which has a length from the feeding point of approximate λ

/4 and a plurality of bending portions; and

a circular polarized wave generation portion linked to an end of the dipole portion.

2. The tag antenna according to claim 1, wherein each dipole portion of the pair of the antenna elements includes two (2) parallel linear portions and a third linear potion linking the two (2) linear portions,

wherein an end of one linear portion of the two (2) parallel linear portions is connected to a feeding point, wherein the circular polarized wave generation portion is connected to an end of the other linear portion of the two (2) parallel linear portions, and

wherein the circular polarized wave generation portion has a triangular shape having a first side conforming with an extending direction of the other linear portion of the two (2) parallel linear portions and a second side perpendicular to the first side.

3. The tag antenna according to claim 2,

wherein the second side of the circular polarized wave generation portion faces toward the feeding point so as to be parallel to the third linear portion of the dipole portion.

4. The tag antenna according to claim 2,

wherein the two (2) parallel linear portions of the dipole portion has a length of λ

/4 and wherein the third linear portion has a length of λ

/2.

5. The tag antenna according to claim 2,

wherein the first side and the second side of the circular polarized wave generation portion respectively have a length of λ

/15 to λ

/8.

6. The tag antenna according to claim 1,

wherein each dipole portion of the pair of the antenna elements includes two (2) parallel linear portions and a third linear potion linking the two (2) linear portions,

wherein an end of one linear portion of the two (2) parallel linear portions is connected to a feeding point, wherein the circular polarized wave generation portion is connected to an end of the other linear portion of the two (2) parallel linear portions, and

wherein the circular polarized wave generation portion is formed in an L-shape with a first linear portion conforming with an extending direction of the other linear portion of the two (2) parallel linear portions and a second linear portion perpendicular to the first linear portion.

7. The tag antenna according to claim 6,

wherein the second linear portion of the circular polarized wave generation portion faces to the feeding point side to be parallel to the third linear portion of the dipole portion.

8. The tag antenna according to claim 1,

wherein each dipole portion of the pair of the antenna elements includes two (2) parallel linear portions and a third linear potion linking the two (2) linear portions,

wherein an end of one linear portion of the two (2) parallel linear portions is connected to a feeding point, wherein the circular polarized wave generation portion is connected to an end of the other linear portion of the two (2) parallel linear portions, and

wherein the circular polarized wave generation portion is formed in an F-shape with a first linear portion conforming with an extending direction of the other linear portion of the two (2) parallel linear portions and a second linear portion and a third linear portion perpendicular to the first linear portion.

9. The tag antenna according to claim 8,

wherein the second linear portion and the third linear portion of the circular polarized wave generation portion face toward the feeding point to be parallel to the third linear portion of the dipole portion.

10. The tag antenna according to claim 1,

wherein each dipole portion of the pair of the antenna elements includes two (2) parallel linear portions and a third linear potion linking the two (2) linear portions,

wherein an end of one linear portion of the two (2) parallel linear portions is connected to a feeding point, wherein the circular polarized wave generation portion is connected to an end of the other linear portion of the two (2) parallel linear portions, and

wherein the circular polarized wave generation portion has a rectangular shape having a side conforming with an extending direction of the other linear portion of the two (2) parallel linear portions.

11. The tag antenna according to claim 1,

wherein the pair of the antenna elements is a thin sheet made of any one of Cu, Ag and Al and is disposed on a nonconductive sheet.

12. A tag comprising:

a tag antenna according to claim 1;

and

an LSI chip disposed on a feeding portion of the tag antenna, the LSI chip having a communication function for performing reception processing of a radio signal from an RFID reader/writer and for responding to the RFID reader/writer.

13. An RFID system comprising:

a tag according to claim 12;

and

an RFID reader/writer for sending a carrier signal to the tag, the RFID reader/writer receiving a response to the carrier signal from the tag to recognize information of the tag.