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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2013
Intelleflex Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Dean Kawaguchi, San Jose, CA (US);
Edward M. Farrell, Saratoga, CA (US);
Prasad Panchalan, San Jose, CA (US);
Manu H. R. Rao, Fremont, CA (US);
ZEST LABS, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention includes a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader configured to detect radio frequency (RF) interference in and/or outside a band of RFID operation. The RFID reader includes a receive channel for receiving incoming RF signals; and hardware for detecting interference in and/or outside a band of RFID operation. A method for mitigating radio frequency (RF) interference in and/or outside a band of RFID operation, according to one embodiment, includes detecting interference in and/or outside a band of RFID operation; and controlling an aspect of operation of the RFID reader for mitigating the detected interference.