The present disclosure relates to a consumable chip system and a consumable container. The consumable chip system includes a consumable chip and an antenna board. The consumable chip includes a first die and a first substrate. The first die is encapsulated on the first substrate, and the first die is provided with an interface module. The first substrate is provided with a signal conversion module, and the antenna board is provided with a wireless transceiver module. The wireless transceiver module is configured to receive connection information and an instruction for storing and reading. The signal conversion module is connected to the interface module and the wireless transceiver module, respectively. The consumable chip system is configured to receive connection information by the wireless transceiver module, and establish a wireless connection between the consumable chip and a device for storing and reading on the basis of the connection information.

A system for inserting a wire into a semiconductor chip system includes positioning members for deploying and moving a length of the wire between a first end and a second end of a workspace. A handling device of the system is configured to handle the semiconductor chip, and is capable of placing the chip in an insertion position in which a groove of the chip is placed opposite the wire. A positioning member of the system is configured to arrange a longitudinal section of the wire along the groove, in forced abutment against a pad of the chip made of a bonding material having a melting point. A heating member of the system is configured to heat a zone comprising the pad to a processing temperature above the melting point to melt the pad and provoke insertion of the wire into the groove.

A temperature-sensing RFID device includes an RFID chip and an antenna electrically coupled thereto. The RFID chip includes a temperature sensor, while the antenna is adapted to receive energy from an RF field and produce a signal. A shielding structure and/or a thermally conductive or absorbent structure may be associated with the RFID chip. The shielding structure is oriented so as to be positioned between at least a portion of the RFID chip and an outside environment and configured to shield the temperature sensor from at least one environmental factor capable of affecting a temperature sensed by the temperature sensor of an article to which the RFID device is secured. The thermally conductive or absorbent structure is oriented so as to be positioned between at least a portion of the RFID chip and the article and configured to enhance thermal coupling between the temperature sensor and the article.

An assembly and method of manufacture of a radio frequency identification (RFID) assembly having a passive RFID semiconductor chip and a two sided planar antenna and a spacer composed of an electrically non-conducting foam material that is configured for non-absorbing of a substantial amount of energy at the predetermined operating frequency, the spacer having a predetermined thickness and that is configured for non-absorbing of a substantial amount of radio frequency energy at the predetermined operating frequency wherein the RFID tag assembly is configured to receive at a first side of the two sided planar antenna a first portion of the radio frequency energy as direct energy and is configured to receive at a second side of the planar antenna a second portion of the radio frequency energy as indirect energy responsive to the absorbing by the absorbing material body.

A method of configuring a contactless communication device is provided. The contactless communication device includes integrated circuits hosting at least two applications compatible with different communication protocols or the same communication protocol and using different communication parameters and a contactless communication circuit. The method includes stopping, by the contactless communication circuit, the transmission of answers of the contactless communication device to requests transmitted by a proximity coupling reader during a transaction initiated by the reader to cause the initiation by the reader of a new transaction.

A radio frequency (RF) apparatus includes a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) chip and an antenna module disposed on an upper surface of the RFIC chip. The antenna module includes a first antenna patch that is in parallel with the RFIC chip, the first antenna patch including a first penetration point, and a first power feed point connected to a first power feed line to transmit and receive a first RF signal of a first frequency band; and a second antenna patch disposed above the first antenna patch in parallel with the first antenna patch, the second antenna patch including a second power feed point connected to a second power feed line that penetrates through the first penetration point to transmit and receive a second RF signal of a second frequency band. The first penetration point is formed in a first region of the first antenna patch in which influence on an electric field generated by the first antenna patch via the first power feed point is minimized.

An apparatus for automatic radio-frequency identification (RFID). In an embodiment, the apparatus comprises a flexible strap comprising a plurality of holes and a buckle configured to buckle to any one of the plurality of holes, such that, when the buckle is buckled to one of the plurality of holes, the strap forms a closed loop. The apparatus further comprises one or more tag enclosures. Each tag enclosure comprises one or more buckles and a RFID tag configured to communicate identifying data to a reader device. The one or more buckles of each tag enclosure are each configured to buckle to any one of the plurality of holes on the strap such that the tag enclosure may be attached to the strap at any one of a plurality of positions on the strap.

A radio frequency identification (RFID) switch tag is disclosed. This RFID switch tag includes a base component having an ultra-high frequency (UHF) booster, and a detachable component having at least one UHF RFID module and a high frequency (HF) RFID module. In some embodiments, the detachable component is positioned in close proximity to the base component in a first configuration of the RFID switch tag such that the at least one UHF RFID module is sufficiently coupled to the UHF booster in the base component to form an UHF RFID system having a desired performance. The detachable component can also be separated from the base component to obtain a second configuration of the RFID switch tag, and the HF RFID module remains functional within the detached detachable component so that the detachable component can be used as a standalone HF RFID tag.

A system for communication of business card information, the system comprising an electronic business card comprising a near-field communication (NFC) chip, the NFC chip having electronic business card information, wherein the electronic business card information is configured to instigate an action in a recipient device when the NFC chip proximally interfaces with the recipient device, and wherein the recipient device is NFC enabled. The system may further comprise a network and an application system in operable communication with the network, the application system configured to transmit a user information associated with a user of the electronic business card to a database configured to store the user information, and the application system configured to permit the user to interact with the user information via a user interface.

RFID tags are provided for incorporation into the packaging of a microwavable food item, with the RFID tag being configured to be safely microwaved. The RFID tag includes an antenna defining a gap and configured to operate at a first frequency. An RFID chip is electrically coupled to the antenna across the gap. A shielding structure is electrically coupled to the antenna across the gap and overlays the RFID chip. The shielding structure includes a shield conductor and a shield dielectric at least partially positioned between the shield conductor and the RFID chip. The shielding structure is configured to limit the voltage across the gap when the antenna is exposed to a second frequency that is greater than first frequency. In additional embodiments, RFID tags are provided for incorporation into the packaging of a microwavable food item, with the RFID tag being configured to be safely microwaved. The RFID tag includes an RFID chip and an antenna electrically coupled to the RFID chip. The antenna may have a sheet resistance in the range of approximately 100 ohms to approximately 230 ohms, optionally with an optical density in the range of approximately 0.18 to approximately 0.29. Alternatively, or additionally, the antenna may be configured to fracture into multiple pieces upon being subjected to heating in a microwave oven. Alternatively, or additionally, the RFID tag may be incorporated in an RFID label that is secured to the package by a joinder material with a greater resistance than that of the antenna, such as a sheet resistance in the range of approximately 100 ohms to approximately 230 ohms.