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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2024
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
David Bellows, Fort Salonga, NY (US);
Mark W. Duron, Mastic, NY (US);
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Abstract
Porting configurations for high density multiplexing of RFID readers are disclosed herein. An example RFID reader includes a housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed within the housing, an internal multiplexer disposed within the housing, and electrically connected to the PCB; and a plurality of connectors disposed in a porting area of the housing, each of the plurality of connectors comprising a plurality of antenna ports, wherein each antenna port is communicatively coupled to the PCB via the internal multiplexer and is connectable with a respective RFID antenna.