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TRANSPONDER SYSTEMS

  • US 20080174406A1
  • Filed: 10/26/2007
  • Published: 07/24/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A transponder system, comprising:

  • at least one transponder apparatus, said at least one transponder apparatus including a substrate, one or more leads provided on said substrate, and a chip having one or more contacts provided on said substrate, each of said one or more leads being operatively coupled to a respective one of said one or more contacts, said transponder apparatus not having an antenna; and

    a reader device having a touch probe having one or more probe contacts, said reader device being structured to generate one or more RF signals, said one or more probe contacts receiving said one or more RF signals;

    wherein one or more of said one or more probe contacts are structured to be temporarily mated with and brought into electrical contact with one or more of said one or more leads of said at least one transponder apparatus to allow at least one of said one or more RF signals to be communicated to said at least one transponder apparatus or to allow one or more transponder signals to be communicated from said transponder apparatus to said reader device.

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