Method of manufacturing an enclosed transceiver
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A data storing device comprising:
- a housing including first and second opposed major portions that are connected together;
an integrated circuit mounted to the first portion of the housing, the integrated circuit including a microprocessor and a random access memory, the random access memory being configured to store data;
a battery supported by the first portion of the housing and having first and second terminals, the first terminal being coupled to the integrated circuit; and
connection circuitry coupling the second terminal of the battery to the integrated circuit to complete a circuit, the connection circuitry including a conductor supported by the second portion of the housing and movable with the second portion of the housing.
4 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
The present invention teaches a method of manufacturing an enclosed transceiver, such as a radio frequency identification (“RFID”) tag. Structurally, in one embodiment, the tag comprises an integrated circuit (IC) chip, and an RF antenna mounted on a thin film substrate powered by a thin film battery. A variety of antenna geometries are compatible with the above tag construction. These include monopole antennas, dipole antennas, dual dipole antennas, a combination of dipole and loop antennas. Further, in another embodiment, the antennas are positioned either within the plane of the thin film battery or superjacent to the thin film battery.
191 Citations
30 Claims
-
1. A data storing device comprising:
-
a housing including first and second opposed major portions that are connected together;
an integrated circuit mounted to the first portion of the housing, the integrated circuit including a microprocessor and a random access memory, the random access memory being configured to store data;
a battery supported by the first portion of the housing and having first and second terminals, the first terminal being coupled to the integrated circuit; and
connection circuitry coupling the second terminal of the battery to the integrated circuit to complete a circuit, the connection circuitry including a conductor supported by the second portion of the housing and movable with the second portion of the housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 21, 22, 23, 24)
-
-
3. A data storing device comprising:
-
a housing defined by first and second housing portions, the second housing portion being movable relative to the first housing portion between mated and open positions;
a random access memory configured to store data, the random access memory being supported by the first housing portion;
a battery in the housing; and
a conductor supported by and movable with the second housing portion, the conductor connecting the battery to the random access memory when the second housing portion is in the mated position. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 25, 26, 27)
-
-
12. A portable data storing device comprising:
-
a housing defined by first and second housing portions;
an integrated circuit including a random access memory random access memory for storing the data, the integrated circuit being supported by the first housing portion;
a battery in the housing; and
a conductor supported by and movable with the second housing portion and coupling the battery to the integrated circuit. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 28, 29)
-
-
18. A portable data storing device comprising:
-
a housing defined by first and second housing portions each including planar surfaces;
an integrated circuit supported from the first housing portion, the integrated circuit including a microprocessor, including a spread spectrum RF transmitter controlled by the microprocessor, including an RF receiver controlled by the microprocessor, and including a static random access memory configured to store the data;
a thin film battery in the housing; and
a conductor supported by and movable with the second housing portion, the conductor connecting the battery to the integrated circuit so that the integrated circuit is powered by the battery, thereby resulting in the static random access memory being powered by the battery. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
-
-
30. A portable data storage device comprising:
-
a first housing member;
an antenna formed on the first housing member;
a second housing member configured to be mated to the first housing member;
a first battery disposed between the first and second housing members, a first electrode of the first battery contacting a first power conductor on the first housing member;
a second battery disposed between the first and second housing members, a first electrode of the second battery contacting a second power conductor on the first housing member;
an integrated circuit disposed on a side of the first housing member configured to be mated to the second housing member, the integrated circuit including a microprocessor, a RF transmitter controlled by the microprocessor, an RF receiver controlled by the microprocessor and a static random access memory coupled to the microprocessor and configured to store the data, the RF transmitter and RF receiver being operatively coupled to the antenna; and
a conductor formed on the second housing member, the conductor coupling the first and second batteries in series and supplying electrical power to the integrated circuit when the second housing member is mated to the first housing member and not coupling the first and second batteries in series or supplying electrical power to the integrated circuit when the second housing member is not mated to the first housing member.
-
Specification