Reading device for a transponder
First Claim
1. A reading device for interacting with at least one transponder having a transponder resonant circuit exhibiting a transponder resonance frequency (fo), said reading device comprising:
- a reading device resonant circuit which is designed as a reading device antenna and a reading device resonant circuit capacitor, said reading device resonant circuit being tuned to said resonance frequency (fo); and
an automatic tuning unit connected to said reading device resonant circuit for automatically tuning said reading device resonant circuit to said resonance frequency (fo) of said reading device by adjusting said reading device resonant circuit to compensate said reading device resonant circuit for external influences on said reading device resonant circuit;
at least one adjustment element for altering the operating characteristics of said reading device resonant circuit; and
wherein said automatic tuning unit includes means for selectively connecting and disconnecting said at least one adjustment element to said reading device resonant circuit based on a state of said reading device resonant circuit;
wherein said automatic tuning unit defines a value such that said operating characteristics of said reading device resonant circuit are changed by incrementing or decrementing said value to tune said reading device resonant circuit to said resonance frequency (fo);
wherein said at least one adjustment element includes at least one inductor or at least one capacitor.
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Abstract
A reading device and one or more associated transponders are used for non-contact identification of persons or objects. When a transponder is moved into the vicinity of the reading device, the reading device receives and evaluates data sent from the transponder. To provide the maximum distance between the reading device (or the antenna thereof) and the transponder, an automatic tuning device is employed to adjust a resonant circuit of the reading unit to match or approximately match a resonance frequency (fo) of the transponder by tuning the reading unit to a preset frequency which matches the frequency (fo) of the transponder. The tuning unit compensates for external influences caused by the environment in which the reading unit is installed, thereby preventing the resonant circuit of the reading unit from deviating from the optimum resonance frequency of the transponder.
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22 Claims
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1. A reading device for interacting with at least one transponder having a transponder resonant circuit exhibiting a transponder resonance frequency (fo), said reading device comprising:
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a reading device resonant circuit which is designed as a reading device antenna and a reading device resonant circuit capacitor, said reading device resonant circuit being tuned to said resonance frequency (fo); and an automatic tuning unit connected to said reading device resonant circuit for automatically tuning said reading device resonant circuit to said resonance frequency (fo) of said reading device by adjusting said reading device resonant circuit to compensate said reading device resonant circuit for external influences on said reading device resonant circuit; at least one adjustment element for altering the operating characteristics of said reading device resonant circuit; and wherein said automatic tuning unit includes means for selectively connecting and disconnecting said at least one adjustment element to said reading device resonant circuit based on a state of said reading device resonant circuit; wherein said automatic tuning unit defines a value such that said operating characteristics of said reading device resonant circuit are changed by incrementing or decrementing said value to tune said reading device resonant circuit to said resonance frequency (fo); wherein said at least one adjustment element includes at least one inductor or at least one capacitor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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