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Patent US20080169905 - Inductive Coupling in Documents - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatents5 A document comprises a substrate. The substrate comprises a coupling circuit having conductive tracks printed on the substrate. The coupling circuit comprises a first coupling part (40) for coupling to a memory tag (14) and of a size to receive a memory tag within the first coupling part, a second...http://www.google.com/patents/US20080169905?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20080169905 - Inductive Coupling in DocumentsAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS20080169905 A1Publication typeApplicationApplication numberUS 11/718,236PCT numberPCT/EP2005/054830Publication dateJul 17, 2008Filing dateSep 27, 2005Priority dateOct 29, 2004Also published asUS7855646, WO2006045682A1Publication number11718236, 718236, PCT/2005/54830, PCT/EP/2005/054830, PCT/EP/2005/54830, PCT/EP/5/054830, PCT/EP/5/54830, PCT/EP2005/054830, PCT/EP2005/54830, PCT/EP2005054830, PCT/EP200554830, PCT/EP5/054830, PCT/EP5/54830, PCT/EP5054830, PCT/EP554830, US 2008/0169905 A1, US 2008/169905 A1, US 20080169905 A1, US 20080169905A1, US 2008169905 A1, US 2008169905A1, US-A1-20080169905, US-A1-2008169905, US2008/0169905A1, US2008/169905A1, US20080169905 A1, US20080169905A1, US2008169905 A1, US2008169905A1InventorsDavid Neil SlatterOriginal AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (6), Referenced by (139), Classifications (7), Legal Events (4) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetInductive Coupling in Documents
US 20080169905 A1Abstract
the substrate comprising a coupling circuit having conductive tracks printed on the substrate, the coupling circuit comprising
comprising the further step of attaching a memory tag to the substrate within the first circuit part. 17. A method according to claim 16 wherein the step of providing the connecting part comprises
printing a first line to connect a first end of the first coupling part to a first end of the second coupling part, providing a non-conducting layer over the first line, printing a second line to connect a second end of the first coupling part to a second end of the second coupling part, wherein the second line is printed over the non-conducting layer to provide a crossover wherein the first line crosses the second line. 18. A method according to claim 17 comprising printing a first coupling part and a first coupling loop connected to the first coupling part on one side of the substrate and printing a second coupling part and a second coupling loop connected to the second coupling part on the other side of the substrate. Description
[0001] This invention relates to a document comprising a substrate where the substrate has a coupling circuit, and a method of providing such a document.
[0002] Transponder devices in the form of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags are well known in the prior art. RFID tags come in many forms but all comprise an integrated circuit on which in use data can be stored and a coil which enables it to be interrogated by a reader which also powers it by means of an inductive (wireless) link. One use to which such transponder devices can be put is the annotation of items, such as documents, with data over and above that printed on them. For example in EP 1 076 316 A2 Eastman Kodak Company describe the use of an RFID tag of conventional form secured to a print, being an output image on a substrate, possibly of a photograph.
[0003] To communicate with such transponder devices, it is necessary for the tag to have an appropriate antenna to provide inductive coupling with the reader. It is known to provide a RFID tag on a flexible substrate with a metallic antenna provided on the substrate and connected to the tag which may be attached to other documents. for example from U.S. Pat. No. 6,019,865. Such a process can be inappropriate for some applications, and it is known from W/O10/18749 to provide a label in which an antenna circuit is provided by printing a circuit on a substrate using a conductive toner and the RFID tag is located on the label such that conductive pins on the tag pierce or engage the printed antenna circuit. This however may be disadvantageous because of the problems of forming a reliable electrical contact between the conductive pins of the RFID tag and the antenna circuit.
[0004] According to an aspect of the invention we provide a document comprising a substrate, the substrate comprising a coupling circuit having conductive tracks printed on the substrate, the coupling circuit comprising a first coupling part for coupling to a memory tag, second coupling part for coupling to a reader, the first coupling part being smaller than the second coupling part and a connecting part to connect the first coupling part and the second coupling part.
[0005] Some embodiments of the invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
[0006] FIG. 1 illustrates a document providing an embodiment of the present invention,
[0007] FIG. 2 illustrates a prior art memory tag suitable for use in the document of FIG. 1,
[0008] FIG. 3 illustrates the circuitry of the memory tag of FIG. 2 and of a read/write device for wireless communication with the memory tag,
[0009] FIG. 4 shows a part of the document of FIG. 1 on a larger scale.
[0010] FIG. 5 shows a part of a document having a further coupling circuit providing an embodiment of the present invention,
[0011] FIG. 6 a shows a part of a document having a yet further coupling circuit providing an embodiment of the present invention,
[0012] FIG. 6 b shows a reverse side of the document of FIG. 6 a, [0013] FIG. 7 shows a part of a document having another coupling circuit providing an embodiment of the present invention,
[0014] FIG. 8 shows a part of a document having a another coupling circuit providing an embodiment of the present invention, and
[0015] FIG. 9 shows a part of a document having another coupling providing an embodiment of the present invention.
[0016] FIG. 1 illustrates an document comprising a substrate, in this example a sheet of paper 10, bearing printing 12, which has been annotated with electronic data using a plurality of memory tags 14. The memory tags 14 have been secured to the sheet of paper 10 at various locations over its surface, although they may alternatively be embedded in the paper sheet 10, preferably in locations identified by the printing 12, in order to assist in locating them for the purposes of reading data from or writing data to the memory tags 14. Each memory tag has a coupling circuit 17 associated therewith, as will be discussed in more detail below.
[0017] In this description, ‘memory tag’ refers to a transponder device having a memory in which data is stored and where the transponder device is readable via and powered by a radio frequency wireless communication link, in the present example through inductive coupling. The term ‘message tag’ may thus include, but is not limited to, read only RFID tags of known type and transponder devices with a memory which may be read from and written to.
[0018] A hand held read/write device 16 is used to communicate with the memory tags 14 in wireless manner, as will be discussed further below. The read/write device 16 is also connected to a host computer, display, data rendering device or other apparatus 18 from which the data for writing to the memory tags 14 is received, and/or the data read from the memory tags 14 is passed.
[0019] Referring now to FIG. 2, a schematic of a memory tag 14 is shown. The memory tag 14 is an memory tag provided on a chip, and comprises an transponder circuit 20, a memory 22, a power supply capacitor 24 and an antenna coil 26 having only a few turns e.g. five, or as in this case a single turn. The transponder circuit 20 operates at 2.45 GHz, is of an area of approximately 0.5 mm2, and will be described further below. The memory 22 provides 1 Mbit of capacity of non-volatile memory and is of an area of approximately 1 mm2, and uses FRAM (ferroelectric random access memory) or MRAM (magnetoresistive random access memory) or similar memory technology requiring low power. The memory tags 14 are of a substantially square shape in plan view with an external dimension D for their sides of around 1 mm.
[0020] Referring now to FIG. 3, the circuitry of a memory tag 14 and circuitry 28 of the read/write device 16 are illustrated schematically, using conventional component identifications (C-capacitor, L-inductance, R-resistor, D-diode and S-switch). The transponder circuit 20 of the memory tag 14 comprises a capacitor C2 which, in combination with the antenna coil L2(26), forms a resonant circuit with component values being chosen to tune the combination to approximately 2.45 GHz for inductive coupling with the read/write device 16. The portion of transponder circuit 20 responsible for power supply is diode D1 and capacitor C4(24), with diode D1 rectifying the alternating current generated by the inductive coupling and the capacitor C4 acts as a power supply storage. The portion of the transponder circuit 20 responsible for receiving transmitted data from the read/write device 16 is diode D2, capacitor C5 and resistor R1 which form a simple envelope detector; the data thus received is stored in memory 22. The portion of the transponder circuit 20 responsible for the reading of data from the memory 22 is the tuned circuit L2/C2 in combination with S1 and C3, switching C3 in and out of the circuit using S1 changes the resonance of tuned circuit L2/C2 resulting in phase modulation of the reflected power from the memory tag 14 to the read/write device 16.
[0021] The circuit 28 of the read/write device 16 comprises a signal generator 30 which generates a signal at the chosen frequency of 2.45 GHz. This signal passes via an amplitude modulator 32, where it is amplitude modulated with data to be written to the memory tag 14, and a splitter 34, to an antenna L1 and capacitor C1 which form a tuned circuit. The component values of L1 and C1 being chosen to tune it to 2.45 GHz, as for the tuned circuit in the memory tag 14, in order to maximise inductive coupling between the two circuits, and thus transmission of power and data to the memory tag 14.
[0022] The splitter 34 takes a part (as much as 50% of the power) of the amplitude modulated signal, for use as a reference signal, and passes it to a multiplier 36. The signal received from the memory tag 14, via the tuned circuit L1/C1 and divided from the outgoing signal by a coupler 38, is also passed to the multiplier 36. Thus the transmitted amplitude modulated signal and received signal are multiplied and then pass through a low pass filter 40 to provide a signal comprising the phase modulation from the memory tag 14 and thus indicative of the data read from the memory tag 14. This signal is then passed to the host computer or other device 18 to which the read/write device 16 is connected, for subsequent data processing.
[0023] One amplitude modulation format which may be used to apply the data to be transmitted to the 2.45 GHz signal is Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK) which only requires the simple envelope detector D2/C5 described in the circuit 20. However, other amplitude modulation formats may also be employed. Further alternatives are Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) and Phase Shift Keying (PSK) that provide near constant envelope modulation, that is without any significant amplitude modulation, however these options have more complex demodulation requirements and thus demand more complex circuitry in the memory tag 14.
[0024] With the apparatus of memory tag 14 and read/write device 16 described above power transfer of around 25% can be achieved with a distance of around 1.8 mm between the antennae L1 and L2, of the read/write device 16 and memory tag 14 respectively. This is sufficient to transfer enough power to the memory tag 14 for it to operate.
[0025] The memory tags 14 have an external dimension D of around 1 mm, as described above, and therefore the read/write device 16 can communicate with them over a relatively short range, in this example of approximately 2D.
[0026] To permit the read/write device 16 to communicate with the memory tag 14 over a longer distance a coupling circuit 17 is provided as shown in more detail in FIG. 4. The coupling circuit 17 comprises a first, relatively small coupling part 40, a second, relatively large coupling part 41, and a connecting part 42 connecting the first coupling part 40 and second coupling part 41. In this example, the first coupling part 40 and the second coupling part 41 are almost complete circles, the inner coupling part ending at a first end part 40 a and a second end part 40 b. The second coupling part 41 likewise ends at a first end part 41 a and a second end part 41 b. The coupling comprises a first line 42 a extending between the first end parts 40 a, 41 a and a second line 42 b extending between the second end parts 40 b, 41 b. In the present example, the first coupling part 40 has a diameter of about 2D or 2 mm, while the second coupling part 41 has a diameter of about 5 to 15 mm, on this example about 10 mm. The diameter of the first coupling part 40 is selected such that a memory tag 40 can be located within the first coupling part 40 with a relatively small distance between the memory tag 14 and the first coupling part 40 to ensure good coupling between the first coupling part 40 and the antenna 26 on the memory tag 14.
[0027] The coupling circuit 17 is provided by printing an appropriately conductive line on the substrate 10. The conductive tracks making up the coupling circuit 17 may be printed using an appropriate material as desired, for example using a conductive toner which includes metallic powders in an appropriate medium in known manner.
[0028] Referring now to FIG. 5, a further coupling circuit 17′ is shown. In the coupling circuit 17′, the first coupling part 40 and second coupling part 41 are the same as those shown in the embodiment of FIG. 4. In this example however, a coupler 42′ includes a cross over, such that opposite end parts 40 a and 41 b are corrected and end parts 40 b and 41 a are connected. This is formed by printing a first track 42′a on the substrate 10, printing a non-conductive layer 43 over the track 42 a and subsequently printing a second track 42′b over the non-conductive layer 43. By providing this crossover in the coupler 42, the direction of magnetic flux in the first and second coupling parts 40, 41 will be directed in the same direction, and not in opposing and thus partially cancelling directions as in the circuit of FIG. 4.
[0029] The first coupling part and second coupling part need not be printed with the layout as shown or even on the same side of the paper, and where appropriate there need not be direct electrical connection between the first coupling part and the second coupling part. For example, a further coupling circuit 50 is shown in FIGS. 6 a and 6 b in which a first coupling part 51 is printed on one side of the paper 10 and a second coupling part 52 is printed on the opposite side of the paper 10. The first coupling part 51 and second coupling part 52 are the same size as the first coupling part 40 and second coupling part 41 of FIGS. 4 and 5. The connecting part comprises a first coupling loop 53 connected to the first coupling part and a second coupling loop 54 connected to the second coupling part 52. The coupling loops 53, 54 are printed on opposite sides of the paper such that they substantially overlie one another to provide inductive coupling there between and thus coupling the first coupling part 51 and second coupling part 52.
[0030] Other arrangements of the coupling circuit may be provided. For example, as show in FIG. 7 the first coupling part 40 and second coupling part 41 are laterally spaced from one another and connected by an elongate connecting part 60. This may be appropriate where it is desirable for a reader to always read the same part of a document while permitting the memory tag 14 to be placed elsewhere on the substrate 10. In FIG. 7, a plurality of similar circuits are provided with the first coupling parts 40 overlying one another and the second coupling parts 41 spaced from another. The first coupling parts may be separated by insulating layers 62 as discussed above. The plurality of coupling circuits thus permit the memory tag 14 to be addressed by a reader located at one of a plurality of different locations on the substrate 10. In an alternative shown in FIG. 9, one of the plurality of coupling circuits is provided on one side of the substrate 10 and another of plurality of coupling circuits is provided on the other side of the substrate 10, such that the first coupling parts 40 overlie one another and the second coupling parts 41 are laterally spaced with out having to provide an insulating layer 62.
[0031] The first coupling part, second coupling part and connecting part may be arranged in other configurations than those shown herein. The first and second coupling part may not be substantially circular, nor indeed necessarily concentric and may consist of more than one loop if required. Where the document is to use a memory tag of a different size from that described herein, the size of the first and second coupling parts may be adapted accordingly. The provision of the second coupling part provides a larger area within which the tip of the read/write device 16 may be located to provide communication with the memory tag 14, thus reducing the degree of precision required. Where the conductive tracks forming the coupling circuit 17 are of a transparent material, it will be apparent that the coupling circuit may be printed on the substrate 10 over visible conventional printing, or indeed may be printed over if appropriate.
[0032] The memory tags 14 will preferably have a data rate of 10 Mbitss−1, which is two orders of magnitude faster than is typical in prior art devices. Such a data rate would enable the read/write device 16 to be held over the memory tag for a very short period of time (“brush and go”) for the data to be read or written as appropriate.
[0033] Although in this example the substrate 10 comprises a sheet of paper, it will be apparent that the substrate 10 may be any surface or element on which the coupling circuit may be provided. The substrate 10 may for example comprise plastic or cardboard. It might even be envisaged that the substrate 10 be a rigid surface, such as part of a permanent display.
[0034] By providing the coupling circuit 17, the area of the substrate 10 over which coupling occurs between the read/write device 16 and the memory tag 14 is increased. A user will not have to position the read/write device with the same accuracy as if the coupling circuit 17 was not present, thus providing easier use of the read/write device 16. The coupling circuit 17 may also permit a document to be provided with ‘hot spots’ or specific areas of actuation. The area of actuation may be indicated by printing on the substrate 10, for example a box or a specific block of text, or even an illustration such as a cartoon character, such that placing the tip of the read/write device 16 with the area of actuation reads the corresponding memory tag 14.
[0035] Although the memory tags 14 described above operate at 2.45 GHz it should be understood that memory tags operating at other frequencies may be used to implement the invention. Factors affecting the choice of operating frequency for the memory tags are: a) government regulations concerning radio frequency transmissions; b) adequate bandwidth (consistent with government regulations); c) frequency high enough to render the physical size of components in the memory tag small enough to keep the area of silicon required low (and hence the cost to manufacture low); d) frequency low enough to provide adequate performance when using low-cost high-volume CMOS technology to manufacture the memory tag.
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Classification340/10.1International ClassificationG06K19/077, H04Q5/22Cooperative ClassificationG06K19/07756, G06K19/07749European ClassificationG06K19/077T2E, G06K19/077TLegal EventsDateCodeEventDescriptionMar 3, 2008ASAssignmentOwner name: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., TEXASFree format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:SLATTER, DAVID NEIL;REEL/FRAME:020589/0004Effective date: 20070703Aug 1, 2014REMIMaintenance fee reminder mailedDec 21, 2014LAPSLapse for failure to pay maintenance feesFeb 10, 2015FPExpired due to failure to pay maintenance feeEffective date: 20141221RotateOriginal ImageGoogle Home - Sitemap - USPTO Bulk Downloads - Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - About Google Patents - Send FeedbackData provided by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services