Patent ID: 8988896
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. A field device for automation technology, comprising: field device electronics; a metal housing for accommodating said field device electronics; an RFID chip; an external RFID reading device arranged outside of the field device and a first RFID antenna for wireless communication and/or energy transmission between said RFID reading device and the field device, wherein: said first RFID antenna is spaced of a neighboring wall of the metal housing; shielding is provided between said first RFID antenna and said neighboring wall of the metal housing; the separation between said first RFID antenna and said neighboring wall of said metal housing and said shielding between said first RFID antenna and said neighboring wall of said metal housing are so dimensioned, that said metal housing does not prevent wireless communication and/or energy transmission between said external RFID reading device and the field device.