Extended range RFID tag assemblies and methods of operation
First Claim
1. A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag assembly comprising:
- an enclosure having a body with at least four walls defining an opening and a cavity with a closed end opposing the opening and defining a depth therebetween;
an RFID chip assembly having a mounting substrate, an RFID semiconductor chip with an antenna assembly interface mounted on a mounting surface of the mounting substrate, the RFID semiconductor chip having a predetermined operating frequency, a conductor electrically coupled to the antenna assembly interface of the RFID semiconductor chip, and an antenna assembly electrically coupled to the conductor, the antenna assembly having one or more antenna elements with each antenna element coupled to the RFID semiconductor chip by the conductor and each antenna element including a first radiating element portion lying in a first plane that substantially lies in or is parallel to the same plane of a plane defined by of the mounting surface and a second radiating element portion conductively coupled to the first radiating element portion and lying in a second plane, the second plane being at an angle relative to the first plane of between 45 degrees and 135 degrees and in the direction away from the plane containing the mounting surface and towards the opening of the cavity, the mounting substrate with the RFID semiconductor chip being positioned within the cavity proximate to the closed end away from the opening; and
a reflector positioned proximate to the opening of the cavity and having a substantially planar reflecting planar surface spaced apart from and substantially parallel to the first plane of the first radiating element, the reflector being composed of reflecting material adapted for reflecting the predetermined operating frequency, wherein the reflector is positioned apart from the first radiating element portion at a distance of between about 0.250 inches and about 0.275 inches.
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Abstract
A method of operation and system for a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag assembly having an RFID semiconductor chip with an antenna interface, a mounting surface substrate, the RFID semiconductor having a predetermined operating frequency, a conductor electrically coupling the RFID chip antenna interface to an antenna, the antenna including a first radiating element lying in a first plane and a second radiating element lying in a second plane, the second plane being at an angle relative to the first plane, and a reflector having a substantially planar reflecting plane spaced apart from and substantially parallel to the first plane, the reflector being composed of reflecting material adapted for reflecting the predetermined operating frequency, wherein the reflector is positioned apart from the first radiating element with the reflective plane being a distance of about ¼ of a wavelength of the predetermined operating frequency.
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24 Claims
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1. A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag assembly comprising:
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an enclosure having a body with at least four walls defining an opening and a cavity with a closed end opposing the opening and defining a depth therebetween; an RFID chip assembly having a mounting substrate, an RFID semiconductor chip with an antenna assembly interface mounted on a mounting surface of the mounting substrate, the RFID semiconductor chip having a predetermined operating frequency, a conductor electrically coupled to the antenna assembly interface of the RFID semiconductor chip, and an antenna assembly electrically coupled to the conductor, the antenna assembly having one or more antenna elements with each antenna element coupled to the RFID semiconductor chip by the conductor and each antenna element including a first radiating element portion lying in a first plane that substantially lies in or is parallel to the same plane of a plane defined by of the mounting surface and a second radiating element portion conductively coupled to the first radiating element portion and lying in a second plane, the second plane being at an angle relative to the first plane of between 45 degrees and 135 degrees and in the direction away from the plane containing the mounting surface and towards the opening of the cavity, the mounting substrate with the RFID semiconductor chip being positioned within the cavity proximate to the closed end away from the opening; and a reflector positioned proximate to the opening of the cavity and having a substantially planar reflecting planar surface spaced apart from and substantially parallel to the first plane of the first radiating element, the reflector being composed of reflecting material adapted for reflecting the predetermined operating frequency, wherein the reflector is positioned apart from the first radiating element portion at a distance of between about 0.250 inches and about 0.275 inches. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 21, 24)
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12. A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag assembly comprising:
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an enclosure having a body with at least four walls defining an opening and a cavity with a closed end opposing the opening and defining a depth therebetween; an RFID semiconductor chip positioned in the cavity having an antenna assembly interface mounted on a mounting surface of a mounting substrate and having a predetermined operating frequency; a conductor electrically positioned in the cavity coupled to the antenna assembly interface of the RFID semiconductor chip and mounted on the mounting surface; an antenna assembly positioned in the cavity electrically coupled to the conductor, the antenna assembly having one or more antenna assembly elements with each antenna element coupled to the RFID semiconductor chip by the conductor and each antenna element including a first radiating element portion lying in a first plane and a second radiating element portion lying in a second plane, the second plane being at an angle relative to the first plane of between 45 degrees and 135 degrees outward from the plane containing the mounting substrate and in the direction of the opening of the cavity, wherein the first radiating element portion has length less than about ¼
of a wavelength of the predetermined operating frequency and the second radiating element portion has a length less than of about ¼
of a wavelength of the predetermined operating frequency; anda reflector positioned within the cavity proximate to the opening and having a substantially planar reflecting plane spaced apart from and substantially parallel to the first plane of the antenna assembly, the reflector being composed of reflecting material adapted for reflecting the predetermined operating frequency, wherein the reflector is positioned apart from the first radiating element portion with the reflective plane being a distance of between about 0.250 inches and about 0.275 inches. - View Dependent Claims (13, 15, 22, 23)
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16. A method of operating a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag assembly comprising:
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at a first radiating element portion of a single one of a plurality of antenna elements of an antenna assembly having one or more antenna elements with each antenna element coupled to the RFID semiconductor chip by the conductor and each antenna element positioned in an enclosure having a body with at least four walls defining an opening and a cavity with a closed end opposing the opening and defining a depth therebetween, receiving at the first radiating element portion a first portion of radio frequency energy transmitted from an antenna associated with a base station transceiver positioned remote from the RFID tag assembly, said radio frequency energy being at a predetermined operating frequency; at a first second radiating element portion of the same antenna element of the plurality of antenna elements wherein the second radiating element portion is in second plane that is at an angle to a first plane containing the first radiating element portion and the angle is between 45 degrees and 135 degrees outward from the plane containing the first radiating element and in the direction of the opening of the cavity, with the second radiating element portion being electrically coupled to said first radiating element portion, receiving at the second radiating element portion a second portion of the radio frequency energy transmitted from the base station transceiver antenna, and said second portion of the radio frequency energy being received at the predetermined operating frequency; reflecting at a reflector a third portion of the radio frequency energy at the predetermined operating frequency as transmitted from the base station transceiver antenna, the reflector having a substantially planar reflecting plane spaced apart from and a substantially parallel to the first plane of the antenna assembly at a distance of between about 0.250 inches and about 0.275 inches; receiving at the first and second radiating element portions the third portion of the radio frequency energy; processing the received first, second and third portions of the radio frequency energy by the RFID semiconductor chip; generating a reply radio frequency energy at the RFID semiconductor chip at a predetermined reply operating frequency in response to the processing and in response to the first and second received radio frequency energy portions; and radiating the reply radio frequency energy by the first and second radiating element portions of the antenna assembly coupled to the RFID semiconductor chip. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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