Patent ID: 8789763

Claim:
An RFID transponder having a housing, having a coupling loop which is arranged in said housing and is electrically connected to an RFID chip which is arranged in the housing, and having an antenna which comprises a flat metal piece and has a slot and is arranged on an outer face of the housing, wherein the housing is arranged above the slot at least in regions, wherein the antenna comprises a first antenna part and a second antenna part which are separated from one another by the slot at least in one region of the antenna, and wherein the housing comprises a first housing part and a second housing part, wherein the second housing part is at least partially arranged above the second antenna part, and wherein the housing is fastened to the first antenna part exclusively by way of the first housing part, and wherein the housing has at least one step on the outer face which is directed toward the antenna, as a result of which the second housing part is at least 0.5 millimeter lower in height than the first housing part.