Method of manufacturing an enclosed transceiver
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorsMark E. Tuttle, John R. Tuttle, Rickie C. Lake
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Abstract
The present invention teaches a method of manufacturing an enclosed transceiver, such as a radio frequency identification (“RFID”) tag. Structurally, in one embodiment, the tag comprises an integrated circuit (IC) chip, and an RF antenna mounted on a thin film substrate powered by a thin film battery. A variety of antenna geometries are compatible with the above tag construction. These include monopole antennas, dipole antennas, dual dipole antennas, a combination of dipole and loop antennas. Further, in another embodiment, the antennas are positioned either within the plane of the thin film battery or superjacent to the thin film battery.
Claims9
A method of manufacturing a radio frequency identification (RFID) transceiver, comprising the steps of:
- providing a sheet of polymer film having first and second halves separated by a boundary;
- mounting an RFID transceiver integrated circuit on the first half of the sheet;
- and
- folding the sheet in half along the boundary so that the first half of the sheet overlies the second half of the sheet with the transceiver between the two halves.
A radio frequency identification (RFID) transceiver, comprising:
- a sheet of polymer film folded in half along a fold boundary, so that the sheet has first and second halves joined along the fold boundary;
- an RFID transceiver integrated circuit and a first electrical contact mounted on the first half of the sheet;
- and
- a second electrical contact mounted on the second half of the sheet;
- wherein the first contact and the second contact abut so as to be electrically connected.
A method of manufacturing and storing a plurality of miniature radio frequency identification (RFID) transceivers, comprising the steps of:
- mounting a plurality of RFID transceivers on a flexible sheet;
- placing the sheet within an RF shielded dispensing enclosure which prevents RF signals outside the enclosure from being received by the transceivers within the enclosure;
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- providing an opening in the enclosure through which selected ones of the transceivers can be removed while maintaining the RF shielding of any transceivers which are not removed.
Apparatus for storing and dispensing a plurality of miniature radio frequency identification (RFID) transceivers, comprising:
- a plurality of RFID transceivers mounted on a flexible sheet;
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- a dispenser enclosing the sheet, the dispenser having RF shielding to prevent RF signals outside the dispenser from being received by transceivers within the enclosure, and the dispenser having an opening through which selected ones of the transceivers can be removed while maintaining the RF shielding of any transceivers which are not removed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.