Patent ID: 7245219

Claim:
A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag comprising: a substantially planar and electrically non-conductive substrate having a mounting surface; a substantially planar and electrically conductive member mounted to said mounting surface, said conductive member having: an inner section comprising: one or more windings; a broken section between a first and a second open positions in one of said windings; and an inner section free end extending from said first open position; an outer section, being disposed near the edge of said mounting surface and substantially surrounding said inner section, said outer section comprising: one or more windings with the innermost winding being significantly separated from the outermost winding of said inner section with respect to the average pitch value of said inner section windings; the width of said outer section windings may be different from the width of said inner section windings; and an outer section free end extending from the outermost winding of said outer section; a connecting section connecting said second open position of said inner section to the innermost winding of said outer section; a conductive bridge crossing over a connecting segment within said connecting section and spanning from said inner section free end to said outer section free end; and at least one dielectric strip disposed between said conductive bridge and said conductive member to thereby form one or more capacitive sections along said at least one dielectric strip.