Directional Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Label Tag For Measuring Postal Matter Delivery Service

• US 20120068826A1
• Filed: 07/25/2011
• Published: 03/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Kim, Ki Hak
• Application Number:
  US13/189,927
• Publication Number:
  US 20120068826A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07786 the antenna being of the HF type, such as a dipole
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07794 the record carrier comprising a booster or auxiliary antenna in addition to the antenna connected directly to the integrated circuit

Abstract

Provided are a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, a method of manufacturing the RFID system, and an RFID system. The RFID tag may include a plurality of tag units. An input impedance of a tag antenna may be matched based on a coupling characteristic of the plurality of tag units, and a radiation pattern of the tag antenna may be set.

Claims

1. A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, comprising:

a first tag unit;

a second tag unit; and

an adhesion plate where the first tag unit and the second tag unit are attached,

wherein the first tag unit comprises;

a first tag antenna to determine a resonance frequency of the first tag unit;

a first tag chip to store first information; and

a first feed line being connected to the first tag antenna to supply a power to the first tag chip, and

the second tag unit comprises;

a second tag antenna to determine a resonance frequency of the second tag unit;

a second tag chip to store second information; and

a second feed line being connected to the second tag antenna to supply a power to the second tag chip, and

the first tag antenna and the second tag antenna operate using a coupling characteristic between the first tag antenna and the second tag antenna.

2. The RFID tag of claim 1, wherein the adhesion plate uses a flexible material.

3. The RFID tag of claim 1, wherein the coupling characteristic indicates that a radiation pattern of each of the first tag antenna and the second tag antenna is formed into a predetermined direction.

4. The RFID tag of claim 3, wherein the radiation pattern is formed into a parallel direction with a tag surface of the first tag antenna and the second tag antenna.

5. The RFID tag of claim 1, wherein an interval between the first tag antenna and the second tag antenna is determined based on a resistance component of an input impedance of each of the first tag antenna and the second tag antenna required for operation of the RFID tag.

6. The RFID tag of claim 1, wherein the coupling characteristic indicates that a reactance component of an input impedance of each of the first tag antenna and the second tag antenna is determined independently with respect to an interval between the first tag antenna and the second tag antenna.

7. The RFID tag of claim 1, wherein a slot interval of the first feed line and a slot interval of the second feed line are determined based on a reactance component of an input impedance of each of the first tag antenna and the second tag antenna required for operation of the RFID tag.

8. The RFID tag of claim 1, wherein when the RFID tag is positioned within a recognition range of a reader antenna, a tag unit relatively close to the reader antenna between the first tag unit and the second tag unit operates as a director and a tag unit relatively away from the reader antenna is activated as the RFID tag.

9. A method of manufacturing a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag comprising a first tag unit, a second tag unit, and an adhesion plate, the method comprising:

determining a first setup value that is a slot interval of each of a first feed line of the first tag unit and a second feed line of the second tag unit based on a reactance component of an input impedance required for operation of the RFID tag;

determining a second setup value that is an interval between a first tag antenna of the first tag unit and a second tag antenna of the second tag unit based on a resistance component of the input impedance required for operation of the RFID tag; and

attaching, to the adhesion plate, the first tag unit comprising the first feed line according to the first setup value and the second tag unit comprising the second feed line according to the first setup value to have an interval according to the second setup value.

10. A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system, comprising:

an RFID tag comprising a first tag unit, a second tag unit, and an adhesion plate;

a reader antenna to receive a radio signal from the RFID tag; and

a reader to extract tag information in the received radio signal,

wherein the adhesion plate fixes a location of each of the first tag unit and the second tag unit,

the first tag unit comprises;

a first tag antenna to determine a resonance frequency of the first tag unit;

a first tag chip to store the tag information; and

a first feed line being connected to the first tag antenna to supply a power to the first tag chip,

the second tag unit comprises;

a second tag antenna to determine a resonance frequency of the second tag unit;

a second tag chip to store the tag information; and

a second feed line being connected to the second tag antenna to supply a power to the second tag chip, and

the first tag antenna and the second tag antenna perform a radio communication with the reader antenna using a coupling characteristic between the first tag unit and the second tag unit.

11. The RFID system of claim 10, wherein:

a radiation pattern of each of the first tag antenna and the second tag antenna is directional, and

the first tag unit and the second tag unit are attached to the adhesion plate to maximize a directivity towards a facing angle between the reader antenna and the RFID tag.