Systems and methods of embedding a radio transceiver into an energy storage device used in electronic equipment

A method for locating an energy storage device that has been removed from an associated host electronic equipment, the method comprising:

• sensing a signal from a detector that detects presence of the energy storage device within the host electronic equipment;
• detecting a signal change that results from removal of the energy storage device from the host electronic equipment;
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• transmitting a signal from a transmitter integrated with the energy storage device when the energy storage device has been removed from the host electronic equipment.

A method for determining if an energy storage device has been removed from a host electronic equipment, the method comprising:

• sensing, via circuitry within a unitary package of the energy storage device, a signal from a sensor that detects presence of the energy storage device within the host electronic equipment;
• detecting a signal change that results from removal of the energy storage device from the host electronic equipment;
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• providing an indication that the energy storage device has been removed from the host electronic equipment.

In a unitary energy storage device for electronic equipment that includes a battery element, circuitry and a communication component having a transmitter, a method of processing instructions within the circuitry related to transmitting one or more communications when the energy storage device is removed from the electronic equipment, the method comprising:

• establishing a configuration window;
• receiving and processing configuration change information for the circuitry during the configuration window;
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• transmitting the one or more communications, including a signal by which the energy storage device can be located, via the transmitter.

A method of providing an encapsulated, tuned miniature antenna, the method comprising:

• (a) setting desired air and core frequencies for a coil to be a design frequency;
• (b) adjusting coil windings around an air core until its resonant frequency in air equals a desired coil frequency;
• (c) inserting a ferromagnetic core inside the coil;
• (d) identifying a target voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) value by adjusting position of the ferromagnetic core until a minimum (VSWR) is reached, wherein the minimum VSWR equals an actual core frequency of the coil;
• (e) determining if the desired core frequency is equal to the actual core frequency and, if not, repeating steps (b)-(d) with a revised air frequency given by Fair—goal=Fdesign×Fair—goal/Fair—actual until the desired core frequency is equal to the actual core frequency;
• (f) encapsulating the coil to yield an antenna;
• (g) measuring a resonant frequency of the encapsulated coil;
• (h) determining if the resonant frequency of the encapsulated coil is equal to the design frequency and, if not, repeating steps (b)-(f) using a revised core frequency given by Fcore—goal=Fdesign×Fcore—actual/Fpotted as well as revised air frequency given by Fair—goal=Fcore—goal×Fair—goal/Fcore—actual until the potted frequency equals the desired design frequency;
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• (i) fabricating the antenna using the design parameters that achieved the potted frequency being equal to the design frequency.