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RFID system with distributed readers

  • US 8,717,144 B2
  • Filed: 04/29/2008
  • Issued: 05/06/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system, comprising:

  • a plurality of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers, each reader being capable of using a single antenna for both transmit and receive functions,wherein, during operation, one of the readers transmits to an RFID tag and at least another of the readers receives a response to the transmission from the RFID tag, wherein the one of the readers is coupled to an antenna located remotely from an antenna coupled to the at least another of the readers;

    wherein each of the readers is coupled to only the single antenna, wherein the single antenna of each of the at least one of the readers is mounted on a housing thereof.

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