METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION COVERAGE

A method and apparatus are disclosed for improving RFID coverage using an antenna array having an adaptive antenna beam. The apparatus includes an RFID reader including an antenna array having a plurality of antenna elements. Subsets of the plurality of antenna elements are selectively activating in...

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Main Author KOCH, Michael, J
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 21.03.2018
Subjects
ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
PHYSICS
PRESENTATION OF DATA
RECOGNITION OF DATA
RECORD CARRIERS
TRANSMISSION
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Summary:A method and apparatus are disclosed for improving RFID coverage using an antenna array having an adaptive antenna beam. The apparatus includes an RFID reader including an antenna array having a plurality of antenna elements. Subsets of the plurality of antenna elements are selectively activating in order to direct an antenna beam to communicate with at least one RFID tag. The method includes transmitting an interrogation signal from an antenna array by activating one or more subsets of a plurality of antenna elements forming the antenna array. In this way, the interrogation signal is directed thereby improving antenna coverage.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20120806304