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RFID reader and apparatus with an RFID reader

US8960543B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Feig Electronic GmbH · DE

Inventors

Michael Roedig · Wetzlar, DE
Torsten Gratzki · Essen, DE
Andreas Wennrich · Limburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 29, 2012
Grant date	Feb 24, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 19, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01Q7/00
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An RFID reader that is situated in a recess of an apparatus housing, such that the apparatus housing is constituted of an electrically conductive material, and such that the RFID reader is configured as an RFID reader operating according to the “EMV Contactless Protocol Specification, Version 2.1, March 2011,” such that the RFID antenna is situated in or on a plane constituted by the apparatus housing or inside the apparatus housing, such that the RFID reader has a transmitting power of more than 400 milliwatts, and that a quality factor (Q) of the RFID antenna is in a range between Q=12 and Q=20. In addition, the invention relates to an apparatus with an RFID reader of this type.

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