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Radio-frequency identification system

US9294157B2 · kind B2 · utility

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77Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 20, 2007
Grant dateMar 22, 2016
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 20, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B5/263
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention is a radio-frequency identification system consisting of a reader and a tag. The reader comprises a transmit/receive resonant circuit comprising one or more coils, a means for repeatedly driving the transmit/receive resonant circuit with pulses of a periodic signal, a means for obtaining a tag response signal from the transmit/receive resonant circuit, a means for extracting tag information from the tag response signal obtained from the transmit/receive resonant circuit, a receive resonant circuit comprising one or more coils, a means for obtaining a tag response signal from the receive resonant circuit, and a means for extracting tag information from the tag response signal obtained from the receive resonant circuit. The tag comprises a plurality of resonant circuits, a means for recognizing he presence of an interrogating magnetic field, and a means for embedding information to be communicated to the interrogating reader in at least one coil current.

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