Recording medium cartridge and recording/reproducing apparatus thereof
View Patent ↗The recording medium cartridge of the invention can keep superiority in supplying a power source and realize a high capacity of an IC chip and an improvement of communications performance, with a cartridge memory being able to be flexibly arranged in a cartridge case. The cartridge has a cartridge memory and the memory is separately composed so that the IC chip is electrically connected with an antenna
1. A recording medium cartridge comprising:
a cartridge case;
a recording medium housed in the cartridge case; and
a cartridge memory at least part of which is housed in said cartridge case,
wherein said cartridge memory comprises an IC chip and an antenna electrically connected to said IC chip;
wherein said antenna is spaced apart from said IC chip;
wherein said IC chip is formed on a first board and the antenna is formed on a second board;
wherein the second board is separate and spaced apart from the first board, and
wherein at least a portion of the electrical connection between the IC chip and the antenna is not supported by either one of the first board and the second board.
2. A recording medium cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein said antenna is a printed antenna.
3. A recording medium cartridge according to claim 2 , wherein said antenna is printed with a conducting paste.
4. A recording medium cartridge according to claim 3 , wherein said antenna is overcoated.
5. A recording medium cartridge according to claim 4 , wherein said antenna is arranged at a corner inside said cartridge case.
6. A recording medium cartridge according to claim 3 , wherein said antenna is arranged at a corner inside said cartridge case.
7. A recording medium cartridge according to claim 2 , wherein said antenna is overcoated.
8. A recording medium cartridge according to claim 7 , wherein said antenna is arranged at a corner inside said cartridge case.
9. A recording medium cartridge according to claim 2 , wherein said antenna is arranged at a corner inside said cartridge case.
10. A recording medium cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein said antenna is arranged at a corner inside said cartridge case.
11. A recording medium cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein said cartridge comprises a plurality of said antennas or said IC chips.
12. A recording medium cartridge comprising:
a cartridge case;
a recording medium housed in the cartridge case; and
a cartridge memory at least part of which is housed in said cartridge case,
wherein said cartridge memory comprises an IC chip and an antenna electrically connected to said IC chip;
wherein said antenna is spaced apart from said IC chip;
wherein said IC chip is formed on an IC chip board and the antenna is spaced apart from the IC chip board; and
wherein said antenna is printed on an outer surface of said cartridge case.
13. A recording medium cartridge according to claim 12 , wherein said antenna is overcoated.
14. A recording medium cartridge according to claim 12 , wherein said antenna is arranged at a corner inside said cartridge case.
15. A recording medium cartridge comprising:
a cartridge case;
a recording medium housed in the cartridge case; and
a cartridge memory at least part of which is housed in said cartridge case,
wherein said cartridge memory comprises an IC chip and an antenna electrically connected to said IC chip;
wherein said antenna is spaced apart from said IC chip;
wherein said antenna is disposed at a first corner inside said cartridge case and said IC chip is disposed at a second corner inside said cartridge case.
16. A recording medium cartridge according to claim 15 , wherein said IC chip is formed on an first board and the antenna is spaced apart from the first board.
17. A recording medium cartridge according to claim 16 , wherein said antenna is formed on a second board and the second board is spaced apart from the first board.
18. A recording medium cartridge comprising:
a cartridge case;
a recording medium housed in the cartridge case; and
a cartridge memory at least part of which is housed in said cartridge case,
wherein said cartridge memory comprises an IC chip and an antenna electrically connected to said IC chip;
wherein said antenna is spaced apart from said IC chip;
wherein said IC chip is disposed on a board at a corner of said cartridge case and inside said cartridge case and said antenna is printed on an outside of the cartridge case.
19. A recording medium cartridge according to claim 18 , wherein the board is disposed on a bottom wall of the cartridge case and the antenna is printed on a top wall of the cartridge case.
20. A recording medium cartridge according to claim 19 , wherein the board and the antenna are located at the same corner of the cartridge case.