Technologies are generally provided for soft carelabels with integrated RFID tags. A fabric or similar flexible material may be used as substrate for the label and either pre- or post-printed with textual and/or graphical information for an item. The entire substrate surface or a portion under the RFID antenna may be coated with protective coating. The RFID antenna may then be printed on the protective coating using conductive ink through screen printing or similar techniques. The antenna may have one or more segments and two or more contacts for an RFID IC. Upon curing the conductive ink, the RFID IC may be attached to the antenna for galvanic, capacitive, or inductive coupling between the RFID circuits and the RFID antenna. The soft carelabel with the RFID tag may be further processed and/or treated and the RFID IC may be partially or completely programmed before being attached to the item.

An example device includes a first inductive antenna to activate a radio frequency identification (RFID) device and to receive an identification signal from the activated RFID device, a second inductive antenna to emulate the RFID device by transmitting the identification signal of the RFID device, a switch positioned between the first inductive antenna and the second inductive antenna, and a controller to selectively open the switch to decouple the first inductive antenna and the second inductive antenna or close the switch to couple the first inductive antenna and the second inductive antenna.

A metal cap is provided with an RFID tag that includes a metal cap including a cylindrical main body part, a top plate part formed at one end of the cylindrical main body part, and an opening part formed at the other end of the cylindrical main body part, and an RFID tag disposed on the metal cap. The RFID tag includes an RFIC element disposed in the metal cap, and a loop antenna connected to the RFIC element. At least a portion of a loop opening of the loop antenna extends in a circumferential direction R of the metal cap while being exposed from an opening edge of the opening part of the metal cap to the outside of the metal cap.

A process for manufacturing a transaction card includes forming an opening in a card body of the transaction card; inserting an electronic component into the opening; and molding a molding material about the electronic component. A transaction card includes a molded electronic component.

Embodiments herein describe a package management system that uses two operation modes of RFID readers (i.e., an inventory mode and a search mode) to provide feedback to an associate when a package has been mis-sorted. In one embodiment, the RFID readers are attached to one or more RFID antennas which each are disposed overhead a respective container or storage location in a warehouse. For example, each of the antennas may have a beam pattern or read region that covers the container. Using the RFID antennas, the RFID reader can query the RFID tags in the container to identify the packages stored in the container. In one embodiment, the RFID reader switches to the search mode after a new package is identified. Using the search mode, the RFID reader can quickly identify when the package is stored in the container and provide prompt feedback to the associate.

The present invention relates to an encapsulated RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) transponder for the UHF-SHF range, designed to operate in aggressive industrial environments. The encapsulated RFID transponder is composed of an integrated circuit in an SOT 323 package, a near-field antenna made on a printed circuit substrate, electrically connected to the integrated circuit by the use of surface mounting technology, all of which encapsulated in an electrically insulating material, resistant to chemical, mechanical, pressure, and thermal stresses.

A wearable device includes a first holder configured for removably receiving a first transponder and a radio frequency coupling unit. The radio frequency coupling unit includes a coupling portion and an antenna portion connected to the coupling portion. The coupling portion is configured for contactless coupling of the radio frequency coupling unit to the first transponder received by the first holder.

A jewelry head for mounting a precious or semi-precious gem to an article of jewelry, the jewelry head having a ferrimagnetic body with an inner cavity configured to accept a precious or semi-precious gem; and a near field communication circuit having a near field communication chip electrically connected to an antenna, where the antenna is wrapped around and against the ferrimagnetic body.

A system (200) for monitoring conveyor belts is disclosed. The system (200) includes a sensor loop stack (110), RFID, a transmitter (104), a detector (106), RFID-readers and circuitry (108). The sensor loop stack incorporated and/or installed (inserted) into a conveyor belt (102). The transmitter (110) is configured to generate an electromagnetic field. The detector (106) is configured to measure an induced electric field from the sensor loop stack (110). The circuitry (108) is configured to detect damage of the conveyor belt based on the measured induced electromagnetic field.

An antenna device is provided as a near-field communication antenna device that is configured by arranging a plurality of loop antennas. Each loop antenna includes a plurality of parallel circuits each having a capacitor and a resistance element; and a plurality of looped conductors in a shape of a loop that is divided. The divided looped conductors are connected to each other via the parallel circuits, and the plurality of looped conductors and the plurality of parallel circuits form a loop.