System and method for providing power to a wireless tag

• US 9,076,094 B2
• Filed: 04/12/2013
• Issued: 07/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: 4 Leaf Patent Partners, LLC
• Original Assignee: Edward F. Behm Jr, Thomas J. Mcwilliams
• Inventors: McWilliams, Thomas J., Behm, Edward F. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Ahshik
• Application Number:
  US13/861,432
• Publication Number:
  US 20130341410A1
• Time in Patent Office: 816 Days
• Field of Search: 235/492, 235/451, 235/380, 455/41.1, 455/41.2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0704 the battery being rechargeable, e.g. solar batteries
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0708 the source being electromagnetic or magnetic
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07749 the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card

Abstract

The present invention provides an engine, system and method for providing an NFC tag capable of receiving a charge and performing as an active tag without interaction.

Claims

1. An NFC tag, comprising:

at least one antenna;

a transceiver communicatively coupled to the at least one antenna;

at least one inducer; and

a capacitor layer comprising at least one capacitor communicatively coupled to said at least one inducer;

wherein a gate separates the at least one capacitor from the at least inducer and wherein the at least one capacitor is capable of receiving a charge through the at least inducer;

wherein the capacitor layer is about 1 mm to about 2 mm thick.

2. The NFC tag of claim 1, wherein the gate is closed.

3. The NFC tag of claim 1, wherein the inducer receives an electric charge from at least one external source.

4. The NFC tag of claim 1, wherein transceiver receives a charge from the inducer.

5. The NEC tag of claim 1, wherein the gate is operable via Hall effect.

6. The NEC tag of claim 1, further comprising at least one LED.

7. The NEC tag of claim 1, further comprising at least one LED indicative of the charge of the capacitor.