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Surface acoustic wave identification tag having enhanced data content and methods of operation and manufacture thereof

US7407111B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 15, 2005
Grant dateAug 5, 2008
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Expiry dateJul 15, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S13/755
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A surface acoustic wave (SAW) identification tag and methods of operating and manufacturing the tag. In one embodiment, the tag includes: (1) a piezoelectric substrate having a SAW transducer located thereon, (2) a group of slots arranged by both pulse position and phase position on said substrate; and (3) a number of reflectors distributed among the slots such that the reflectors encode a number by both pulse position and phase position.

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