Patent ID: 8159349

Claim:
An RFID encoder that encodes RFID tags at the RFID tag removal point, comprising: an RFID interrogator means; a plurality of programmable RFID tags attached to a conveyance web, the RFID tags contained within a protective enclosure which selectively mounts to the RFID encoder; a peel plate forcing a programmable RFID tag to partially peel away from the conveyance web thereby creating a spatial separation between the programmable tag and other programmable tags on the web, at which point the spatially separated programmable RFID tag undergoes encoding and verification by the interrogator means; and a motor means for positioning the spatially separated programmable RFID tag at a position that results in a good impedance match to the RFID interrogator means for encoding and verification, the motor means further adapted to enable the peel plate to remove the conveyance web from the impedance-matched tag.