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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2012
Michael Roedig, Wetzlar, DE;
Torsten Gratzki, Essen, DE;
Andreas Wennrich, Limburg-Straffel, DE;
Feig Electronic GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
An RFID reader that is situated in a recess of an apparatus housing, such that the apparatus housing is constituted of an electrically conductive material, and such that the RFID reader is configured as an RFID reader operating according to the 'EMV Contactless Protocol Specification, Version 2.1, March 2011,' such that the RFID antenna is situated in or on a plane constituted by the apparatus housing or inside the apparatus housing, such that the RFID reader has a transmitting power of more than 400 milliwatts, and that a quality factor (Q) of the RFID antenna is in a range between Q=12 and Q=20. In addition, the invention relates to an apparatus with an RFID reader of this type.