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Combination security tag using a perimeter RFID antenna surrounding an EAS element and method thereof

US7986241B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

19Claims

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Assignee

Sensormatic Electronics, LLC · US

Inventors

Richard L. Copeland · Boynton Beach, US
Wing K. Ho · Boynton Beach, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 25, 2008
Grant date	Jul 26, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 19, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01Q9/285
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A security tag and system for securing objects, the system and security tag includes an acousto magnetic (“AM”) electronic article surveillance (“EAS”) component that has a housing with a defined surface area. The housing of the EAS component includes a perimeter boundary that defines an EAS component plane. The system and security tag further include a radio frequency identification (“RFID”) component that includes an integrated circuit and a dipole antenna defining an RFID component plane that is substantially coplanar with the EAS component plane. The integrated circuit and the dipole antenna are positioned externally along the perimeter boundary of the EAS component.

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