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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2004
Mark E. Tuttle, Boise, ID (US);
Rickie C. Lake, Meridian, ID (US);
Steven F. Schicht, Austin, TX (US);
John R. Tuttle, Boulder, CO (US);
Mark E. Tuttle, Boise, ID (US);
Rickie C. Lake, Meridian, ID (US);
Steven F. Schicht, Austin, TX (US);
John R. Tuttle, Boulder, CO (US);
Round Rock Research, LLC, Mt. Kisco, NY (US);
Abstract
A plurality of battery-operated transceivers encapsulated by lamination to form a sheet of independent transceivers is tested in a two piece fixture that forms an enclosure surrounding each in-sheet transceiver. Each enclosure has an antenna for transmitting a command signal to the transceiver at a known power level and for receiving a reply message from the transceiver containing a power level measurement made by the transceiver. Test methods using the fixture of the present invention are also described.Flexible radio frequency identification (RFID) devices are coupled to a roll of flexible material. Each RFID device coupled to the roll is advanced into a wireless communication region. An antenna in the region separately communicates with each of the RFID devices in a manner that isolates the communication from other REID devices counted to the roll outside the region.