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Methods, Systems and Apparatuses for Radio Frequency IdentificationA system for radio frequency identification (RFID) includes an enclosure defining an interior region interior to the enclosure, and a feed for generating an electromagnetic field in the interior region in response to a signal received from an RFID reader via a radio frequency (RF) transmission line and, in response to the electromagnetic field, receiving a signal from an RFID sensor attached to an item in the interior region. The structure of the enclosure may be conductive and may include a metamaterial portion, an electromagnetically absorbing portion, or a wall extending in the interior region. Related apparatuses and methods for performing RFID are provided.
Document ID
20160000167
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Other - Patent
Authors
Fink, Patrick W.
Chu, Andrew W.
Lin, Gregory Y.
Kennedy, Timothy F.
Ngo, Phong H.
Brown, Dewey T.
Byerly, Diane
Boose, Haley C.
Date Acquired
January 4, 2016
Publication Date
December 8, 2015
Subject Category
Electronics And Electrical Engineering
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
US-Patent-9,208,362
Patent Application
US-Patent-Appl-SN-14/184,303
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