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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1998
Venkata S. Rao Kodukula, Peekskill, NY (US);
Dah-Weih Duan, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Michael John Brady, Brewster, NY (US);
Christopher Adam Feild, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Paul Andrew Moskowitz, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Intermec IP Corp., Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Abstract
A radio-frequency identification (RFID) transponder (tag) in accordance with the principles of the invention includes a patch antenna. The patch antenna may be co-located with RFID circuitry and an impedance matching circuit on one side of a substrate. A ground plane may be formed on the opposite side of the substrate. A quarter wave transformer may provide an “RF short” to ground to connect the RFID circuitry on one side of the substrate with a ground plane located on the opposite side of the substrate.