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Method and circuit for tuning an antenna circuit of an actively transmitting tag

US9946966B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 4, 2013
Grant dateApr 17, 2018
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Expiry dateFeb 7, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q1/2208
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Tuning an antenna circuit of an actively transmitting tag to a frequency of an interrogator carrier signal after the tag was inserted into a host device is accomplished by detecting presence of the interrogator carrier signal at a location of the actively transmitting tag and hereafter setting capacitances of capacitors and/or inductances of coils comprised in said antenna circuit in a way that resonance of said antenna circuit is established while the antenna circuit is excited by a magnetic field of said interrogator carrier signal. This allows automatic tuning of an antenna circuit of an actively transmitting tag after it was inserted together with a miniature card into a host device, such as a mobile telephone, personal digital assistant, tablet PC and similar devices.

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