Frequency sensor

• US 5,027,107 A
• Filed: 06/27/1989
• Issued: 06/25/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Tokyo Electronics Company Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Tokyo Electronics Company Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kamei, Hiroyuki, Mochizuki, Masaru, Moroshima, Heiji, Terakado, Hajime, Matsuno, Yasuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Swann, III, Glen R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mullen, Jr., Thomas J.
• Application Number:
  US07/371,776
• Time in Patent Office: 728 Days
• Field of Search: 340/572, 340/825.72, 343/894
• US Class Current: 340/572.7
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2414 using inductive tags
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2422 using acoustic or microwave tags
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2431 Tag circuit details
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2437 Tag layered structure, processes for making layered tags
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2442 Tag materials and material properties thereof, e.g. magnetic material details

Abstract

A small-sized thin frequency sensor developed for prevention of theft of an article. The frequency sensor comprises a receiving antenna portion to receive high frequency waves, and a transmitting antenna portion which is shaped into a closed loop with a diode incorporated therein and is disposed linearly to the receiving antenna portion to form an oblong rectangular contour as a whole.

Claims

1. A frequency sensor comprising:

a receiving antenna portion for receiving radio waves;

a transmitting antenna portion for radiating radio waves; and

a diode connected between said receiving and transmitting antenna portion, said diode serving to convert a high frequency signal induced in said receiving antenna portion into a signal of a higher frequency equivalent to an integral multiple of an input frequency, and supplying the converted signal to said transmitting antenna portion;

wherein said transmitting antenna portion is shaped into a closed loop and is disposed outside of said receiving antenna portion so as to arrange said transmitting and receiving antenna portions linearly.

2. A frequency sensor according to claim 1, wherein said diode is incorporated in said closed loop, and an anode of said diode is connected to said receiving antenna portion while a cathode thereof is connected to said transmitting antenna portion respectively.

3. A frequency sensor according to claim 1, wherein said receiving antenna portion comprises a thin plate, said thin plate being composed substantially of copper.

4. A frequency sensor according to claim 1, wherein said receiving antenna portion comprises a substantially U-shaped oblong thin plate.

5. A frequency sensor according to claim 4, wherein said thin plate is composed substantially of copper.

6. A frequency sensor according to claim 1, wherein said diode is a multiplier diode.

7. A frequency sensor according to claim 1, wherein said diode comprises a semiconductor pellet.

8. A frequency sensor according to claim 1, wherein said transmitting antenna portion is formed into a substantially U-shaped loop having a longer side and a shorter side.

9. A frequency sensor comprising:

a rectangular receiving antenna portion having a longer side and a shorter side;

a substantially U-shaped rectangular transmitting antenna portion having a longer side and a shorter side; and

a diode connected between said receiving and transmitting antenna portions;

wherein said longer sides of said receiving and transmitting antenna portions are disposed linearly so as to arrange said receiving and transmitting antenna portions linearly in direction of said longer sides of receiving and transmitting antenna portions, and the shorter side of said receiving antenna portion is equal in length to the shorter side of said transmitting antenna portion.

10. A frequency sensor according to claim 9, wherein each of said receiving and transmitting antenna portions comprises a thin copper plate.

11. A frequency sensor according to claim 9, wherein said receiving antenna portion is shaped substantially into U.

12. A frequency sensor according to claim 9, wherein said diode is a multiplier diode.

13. A frequency sensor according to claim 9, wherein said diode comprises a semiconductor pellet.

14. A frequency sensor comprising:

a conductive antenna pattern consisting of a receiving antenna portion and a transmitting antenna portion;

a diode connected between said receiving and transmitting antenna portions;

a base film for attaching said antenna pattern;

a spacer adhered onto said conductive antenna pattern;

a seal member adhered onto said spacer so as to protect said diode; and

upper and lower base sheets so adhered as to hold therein said conductive antenna pattern, diode, base film, spacer and seal member;

wherein said transmitting antenna portion is shaped into a closed loop with said diode incorporated therein, and is disposed outside of said receiving antenna portion so as to arrange said transmitting and receiving antenna portions linearly.

15. A frequency sensor according to claim 14, wherein said receiving antenna portion is shaped substantially into U.

16. A frequency sensor according to claim 14, wherein said transmitting antenna portion is shaped substantially into U.

17. A frequency sensor according to claim 14, wherein said diode is a multiplier diode.

18. A frequency sensor according to claim 14, wherein said diode comprises of a semiconductor pellet.

19. A frequency sensor according to claim 14, wherein said conductive antenna pattern comprises a thin copper plate.

20. A frequency sensor according to claim 14, wherein said base film is composed substantially of polyphenylene sulfide resin.

21. A frequency sensor according to claim 14, wherein said spacer and seal member are composed substantially of polyester.

22. A frequency sensor according to claim 14, wherein said upper and lower base sheets are composed substantially of paper.