RFID TAG WITH A SEMI-ENCLOSED COUPLER

• US 20100060421A1
• Filed: 09/08/2008
• Published: 03/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Clearidy Solutions Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Clearidy Solutions Incorporated
• Inventors: CHANG, CHIH-CHEN, Lu, Sui-Feng
• Application Number:
  US12/206,694
• Publication Number:
  US 20100060421A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.100
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2208 associated with components used in interrogation type services, i.e. in systems for information exchange between an interrogator/reader and a tag/transponder, e.g. in Radio Frequency Identification [RFID] systems methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns G06K7/00; record carrier for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings G06K19/00
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/40 Radiating elements coated with or embedded in protective material
• 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 RFID tag with a semi-enclosed coupler, wherein the coupler of the antenna layer is designed to be a semi-enclosed linear structure, and the open end of the coupler is connected to the antenna portion. One end of the antenna portion is inserted into the range of the coupler and the other end of which extends to the open end of the coupler. The length of the antenna portion can be an integer times of ¼λ, achieving the effect of signal stabilization and optimization.

Claims

1. A RFID tag with a semi-enclosed coupler, comprising:

a dielectric layer, an antenna layer laminated on a top surface of the dielectric layer, and a ground plane laminated on a bottom surface of the dielectric layer;

wherein the antenna layer includes an antenna portion and a semi-enclosed coupler, one end of the coupler encloses one end of the antenna portion in such a manner that the one end of the coupler is located a certain distance from the one end of the antenna portion, and the other end of the coupler is an open end, a RFID chip is provided on the coupler, the one end of the antenna portion is located within an area enclosed by the coupler, and the other end of the antenna is connected to the open end of the coupler, so that the antenna layer is variable in length.

2. The RFID tag with a semi-enclosed coupler as claimed in claim 1, wherein the antenna portion of the antenna layer is an integer times of ¼

λ

, a length of the coupler is longer than an integer times of ¼

λ

.

3. The RFID tag with a semi-enclosed coupler as claimed in claim 1, wherein the other end of the coupler of the antenna layer is connected to a middle portion of the antenna portion, and the one end of the coupler encloses the one end of the antenna portion in such a manner that the one end of the coupler is located a certain distance from the one end of the antenna portion.

4. The RFID tag with a semi-enclosed coupler as claimed in claim 1, wherein the other end of the coupler of the antenna layer is connected to a middle portion of the antenna portion, and the one end of the coupler encloses the one end of the antenna portion in such a manner that the one end of the coupler is located an appropriate distance from the one end of the antenna portion so that the coupler 22 and the antenna portion 21 are optimally coupled.

5. The RFID tag with a semi-enclosed coupler as claimed in claim 1, wherein the semi-enclosed coupler includes a straight coupling portion and an U-shaped enclosed coupling portion which are disconnected from each other, a RFID chip is disposed between them.

6. The RFID tag with a semi-enclosed coupler as claimed in claim 1, wherein the antenna layer is made of conductive material and formed on the dielectric layer by printing, electroplating and eroding methods, the dielectric layer is made of hard insulating material, including polyethylene terephthalate, fire resistance level 4, polytetrafluoroethylene films or papers.

7. The RFID tag with a semi-enclosed coupler as claimed in claim 1, wherein the dielectric layer is made of insulating material for enabling a back of the RFID tag to be attached to a metal surface, and the RFID tag is a micro-strip antenna.

8. The RFID tag with a semi-enclosed coupler as claimed in claim 3, wherein the dielectric layer is made of insulating material for enabling a back of the RFID tag to be attached to a metal surface, when a middle of the antenna portion is connected to the ground plane, a length of the antenna portion of the antenna layer is reduced to ¼

λ

.

9. The RFID tag with a semi-enclosed coupler as claimed in claim 1, wherein the antenna portion of the antenna layer is variable in width in order to be attached to a metal surface.