Patent ID: 7973729
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
1. An Electronic Article Surveillance (“EAS”) antenna assembly for use in conjunction with a structure, the structure comprising a substructure and a covering, the EAS antenna assembly comprising: a substrate comprising a first portion and a second portion, the substrate being a base insulating layer; a first EAS transceiver antenna and a second EAS transceiver antenna, the first EAS transceiver antenna being disposed on the first portion of the substrate, the second EAS transceiver antenna being disposed on the second portion of the substrate in a co-planar orientation with respect to the first EAS transceiver antenna, the second EAS transceiver having one of an air core and a non-air core; and thin film materials forming said substrate, first EAS transceiver antenna and second EAS transceiver antenna such that the antenna assembly can be disposed between the substructure and the covering without altering a structural feature of the structure; an enclosure insulating layer at least partially disposed on at least one of the first and second EAS transceiver antenna; the antenna assembly being at least partially housed within a housing assembly, the housing assembly configured with thin film materials such that both the housing assembly and the antenna assembly can be disposed between the substructure and the covering.