Patent ID: 8058999

Claim:
A reader with a radio frequency identification function, for increasing an area of an antenna to receive an electronic tag signal, and the reader comprising: a casing, composed of an upper and a lower casings, and each of the upper and the lower casings having a large-area receiving portion and a handle portion extended from the large-area receiving portion, wherein the large-area receiving portion and the handle portion are integrally made and the large-area receiving portion has a width larger than a width of the handle; a first circuit board, installed in the casing and within the large-area receiving portion so that merely the first circuit board occupies in the large-area receiving portion, wherein the first circuit board solely includes an antenna pattern for receiving signal only; and a second circuit board, installed in the casing and within the handle portion, and in the same plane and electrically coupled with the first circuit board, wherein the second circuit board includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) unit.