METHOD FOR THE OPERATION OF A TRANSPONDER FOR RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) AND RFID TRANSPONDER

• US 20110037572A1
• Filed: 09/07/2010
• Published: 02/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Identec Solutions AG
• Original Assignee: Identec Solutions AG
• Inventors: Schedler, Gerhard, Feierle, Karl-Heinz, Gantner, Reinhold
• Application Number:
  US12/876,679
• Publication Number:
  US 20110037572A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/10.33
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0717 the sensor being capable of sensing environmental conditions such as temperature history or pressure
• 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
• 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

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for the operation of an RFID transponder, which is characterized by the fact that the RFID transponder is operated either in broadcast mode or in bidirectional response mode or simultaneously in both aforementioned modes. The RFID transporter is equipped with a wireless transmitter as well as with a wireless transmission/reception unit for operation in these two modes, said wireless transmitter and wireless transmission/reception unit being operable independently from one another.

Claims

1. A method for the operation of an RFID transponder, characterized in that the RFID transponder is operated either in broadcast mode or in bidirectional response mode or simultaneously in both aforementioned modes.

2. The method in accordance with claim 1, characterized in that a wireless transmitter is used for operation in broadcast mode, said transmitter being operated at a first frequency, and that a transmission/reception unit is used for operation in bidirectional response mode, said transmission/reception unit being operated at a second frequency.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that operation in broadcast mode is controlled by commands which are communicated during operation in response mode by a higher transmission/reception unit (5).

4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the RFID transponder is operated in wakeup mode, wherein upon receipt of a wakeup command from a higher level transmission/reception unit broadcast mode, response mode or both modes are activated.

9. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that operation in broadcast mode is controlled by commands which are communicated during operation in response mode by a higher transmission/reception unit.

10. The method according to claim 2, characterized in that the RFID transponder is operated in wakeup mode, wherein upon receipt of a wakeup command from a higher level transmission/reception unit broadcast mode, response mode or both modes are activated.

11. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that the RFID transponder is operated in wakeup mode, wherein upon receipt of a wakeup command from a higher level transmission/reception unit broadcast mode, response mode or both modes are activated.

5. An RFID transponder with a processor, a data storage and a wireless transmitter, characterized in that a wireless transmission/reception unit is provided which can be operated independently from the transmitter.

6. The RFID transponder according to claim 5, characterized in that a common antenna is present for the wireless transmitter and the wireless transmission/reception unit.

7. The RFID transponder according to claim 5, characterized in that said RFID transponder comprises a sensor as an interface.

8. The RFID transponder according to claim 5, characterized in that said RFID transponder comprises an actuator as an interface.

12. The RFID transponder according to claim 6, characterized in that said RFID transponder comprises a sensor as an interface.

13. The RFID transponder according to claim 6, characterized in that said RFID transponder comprises an actuator as an interface.