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Electronic article surveillance (EAS) tag/device with coplanar and/or multiple coil circuits, an EAS tag/device with two or more memory bits, and methods for tuning the resonant frequency of an RLC EAS tag/device

US7286053B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 11, 2005
Grant dateOct 23, 2007
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Expiry dateNov 29, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG08B13/2448
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electronic article surveillance (EAS) tag/device with coplanar and/or multiple coil circuits, a tag/device with two or more memory bits, and methods for making and tuning the resonant frequency of an EAS tag/device. The device generally includes: an outer inductor having one end coupled to a capacitor plate; an inner inductor having one end coupled to an other capacitor plate; a first dielectric film on the outer and inner inductors and the capacitor plates coupled thereto, having openings therein exposing other ends of the outer and inner inductors; a linear capacitor plate and a nonlinear capacitor plate on the first dielectric film; a second dielectric film containing holes therein for the second linear and nonlinear capacitor plates, and exposing the other ends of the first and second inductors; and first and second conducting straps on the second dielectric film, electrically connecting one of the exposed inductor ends to a corresponding second capacitor plate.

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