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Microprocessor controlled security tag

  • US 7,132,944 B1
  • Filed: 06/06/2003
  • Issued: 11/07/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A security tag apparatus, comprising:

  • a housing having conductive contacts;

    a band in an interleaved engagement with the housing, the band being coupled to the external leads;

    a circuit located within the housing;

    wherein the band further comprises elongated band conductors in a generally parallel orientation and positioned along the length of the band, the band conductors being electrically coupled to the conductive contacts on the housing;

    wherein the band conductors are each a first plate of a capacitive circuit; and

    ,further comprising a pseudo plate corresponding to each of the first plates having a dielectric material formed by the epidermal layer of a limb, the dielectric material being located between the first plates and the pseudo plates.

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