Apparatus and a method for testing radio-frequency tags
AssigneeVoyantic Oy
InventorJesse Tuominen
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Abstract
There is provided a method for testing radio-frequency identification, RFID tags using a test apparatus including a coupling element for providing coupling to an RFID tag to be tested. The method comprises providing an electromagnetic field for coupling with the coupling element, coupling to the coupling element by a field converter, and providing a suitable field for coupling with an RFID tag by the field converter. There is provided an attachable/detachable electromagnetic field converter for a test apparatus.
Claims17
A test apparatus for testing radio frequency identification, RFID, tags on a production line, comprising:
- a test zone for an RFID tag to be tested,
- a housing which comprises an opening configured to form at least partly the test zone,
- a coupling element configured to provide a coupling with an RFID tag in the test zone, and
- a field converter, which is detachably attachable to the test apparatus, such that the coupling element and the field converter are placed in the housing, the field converter configured to couple with the coupling element, wherein the field converter is configured to provide an electromagnetic field suitable for the RFID tag at the test zone,
- wherein the detachably attachable field converter is configured to modify the electromagnetic field of the test apparatus in accordance with the RFID tag to be tested.
A method for testing radio-frequency identification, RFID, tags on a production line using a test apparatus for testing RFID tags on a production line, the test apparatus comprising:
- a test zone for an RFID tag to be tested,
- a housing which comprises an opening configured to form at least partly the test zone,
- a coupling element configured to provide a coupling with an RFID tag in the test zone, and
- a field converter configured to couple with the coupling element, wherein the field converter is configured to provide an electromagnetic field suitable for the RFID tag at the test zone, and wherein the field converter is detachably attachable to the test apparatus, such that the coupling element and the field converter are placed in the housing,
- the method comprising:
- coupling the RFID tag to the coupling element by a field converter, which is detachably attached to the test apparatus, and
- providing an electromagnetic field suitable for coupling with an RFID tag to be tested at the test zone by the field converter
- wherein the detachably attachable field converter is configured to modify the electromagnetic field of the test apparatus in accordance with the RFID tag to be tested.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.