REMOTE COMMUNICATION DEVICES, RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICES, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODS, RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICE COMMUNICATION METHODS, AND METHODS OF FORMING A REMOTE COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20110025506A1
• Filed: 08/10/2010
• Published: 02/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Round Rock Research LLC
• Original Assignee: Round Rock Research LLC
• Inventors: Khatri, Dirgha, Smith, Freddie W.
• Granted Patent: US 7,969,313 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/572.7
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0008 General problems related to the reading of electronic memory record carriers, independent of its reading method, e.g. power transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2225 used in active tags, i.e. provided with its own power source or in passive tags, i.e. deriving power from RF signal
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/30 Combinations of separate antenna units operating in different wavebands and connected to a common feeder system

Abstract

Remote communication devices, radio frequency identification devices, wireless communication systems, wireless communication methods, radio frequency identification device communication methods, and methods of forming a remote intelligent communication device are provided. According to one aspect, a remote intelligent communication device includes communication circuitry configured to at least one of receive communication signals and generate communication signals; and an antenna coupled with the communication circuitry and substantially tuned to a plurality of frequencies, the antenna being configured to communicate wireless signals corresponding to the communication signals including at least one of receiving wireless signals and outputting wireless signals. Another aspect includes a wireless communication method including providing a remote intelligent communication device having an antenna substantially tuned to a plurality of frequencies; and communicating wireless signals using the antenna including at least one of receiving wireless signals at one of the frequencies and outputting wireless signals at one of the frequencies.

Claims

1. A radio frequency identification (RFID) system, comprising:

a first RFID device to transmit wireless interrogation signals, wherein the first RFID device has a first antenna and a second antenna wherein the first antenna is adapted to transmit signals and the second antenna is adapted to receive signals;

a second RFID device having a communication circuitry, a first loop antenna and a second antenna configured to operate at a plurality of frequencies, a first frequency of the frequencies being at least twice a second frequency of the frequencies, wherein in response to the interrogation signals, the second RFID device is to use one of the first loop antenna and the second antenna to provide identification signals, at a frequency transmitted by the first RFID device, that are modulated backscatter return signals, the identification signals identifying the second RFID device to the first RFID device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the second RFID device comprises a transmitter configured to communicate with the first RFID device in one of a first communication mode and a second communication mode determined by the first RFID device, wherein in accordance with the first communication mode the transmitter modulates an RF field generated by the second RFID device and in accordance with the second communication mode the transmitter modulates an RF field generated by the first RFID device.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit at a bit rate specified by the first RFID device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication circuitry is configured to transition from a sleep state in response to a wake up command from the first RFID device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication circuitry of the second RFID device is configured to use the first loop antenna to receive the interrogation signals and use the second antenna to transmit the identification signals.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the interrogation signals and the identification signals have a same carrier frequency.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the identification signals include a random number generated by the second RFID device to identify the second RFID device.