Patent ID: 9520638
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: A61B,H01Q,H02J,H04B,H04L,H04W,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: a ground plane; a radio-frequency radiator; a feed post conductively connected to the radio-frequency radiator; a shorting post, wherein the shorting post is connected to the radio-frequency radiator; and a near-field communications (NFC) tag including an NFC circuit and a multi-turn inductive loop configured to couple electrically with the radio-frequency radiator, the multi-turn inductive loop either in conductive contact with the radio-frequency radiator or not in conductive contact with the radio-frequency radiator, the radio-frequency radiator at least partially overlapping the turns in the multi-turn inductive loop, wherein: the multi-turn inductive loop is conductively connected with the NFC integrated circuit and configured to inductively couple with a near-field magnetic field to provide power to the NFC circuit, the NFC circuit, when powered, is configured to broadcast information stored within the NFC circuit, and the multi-turn inductive loop of the NFC tag, the radio-frequency radiator, the ground plane, and the feed post together form a planar inverted-F antenna configured to produce and receive electro-magnetic radio-frequency signals, wherein the multi-turn inductive loop of the NFC tag serves as a radiator extension to the radio-frequency radiator when producing and receiving the electro-magnetic radio-frequency signals.