Patent ID: 8217849
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: H01Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An antenna system for a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, the system comprising: a base portion; multiple angled portions each oriented to have a tangential angle of between about 5 degrees and about 175 degrees from a plane of the base portion; and antenna traces extending from the base portion onto each of the angled portions, the antenna traces being usable in RFID communications, wherein each angled portion has a free end positioned along an edge thereof opposite from the base portion, wherein each antenna trace on the angled portion associated therewith has a serpentine shape with several bends along its length, wherein each antenna trace on the associated angled portion has several first sections that extend parallel to a bend located at an interface of the angled portion and the base portion; wherein each antenna trace on the associated angled portion has several second sections that extend between the first sections; wherein at least one of the antenna traces on the base portion has a serpentine shape with several bends along its length, and further comprising a housing having a peripheral sidewall defining an interior therein, base portion and angled portions being inserted in the interior, the sidewall holding the angled portions at the orientation relative to the plane of the base portion, the housing preventing movement of the at least one of the angled portions from the orientation.