An RFID tag is provided, which has a transponder part with an antenna coil arranged in the transponder part. A mounting part is also provided for fixing the tag in a mounted position. The mounting part has an elongate portion that is engagable with the transponder part so as to be received in the transponder part when the tag is in the mounted position. Further, the tag comprises a magnetic material arranged in the elongate portion of the mounting part.
1. An RFID tag, comprising:
a transponder part having an antenna coil with an associated field forming a closed loop arranged therein; and
a mounting part for fixing the tag in a mounted position and being engageable with the transponder part so as to be received in the transponder part when the tag is in the mounted position,
wherein the tag further comprises an amorphous ferromagnetic material configured to be arranged on the mounting part proximal to a center of the antenna coil when the tag is in the mounted position for guiding the field over a section of the closed loop outside the antenna coil.
2. The RFID tag according to claim 1 , wherein the amorphous ferromagnetic material is adapted to guide the field from a first direction to a second direction.
3. The RFID tag according to claim 1 , wherein the first direction is a predetermined field direction.
4. The RFID tag according to claim 1 , wherein the amorphous material has a triangular shape.
5. The RFID tag according to claim 1 , wherein the amorphous material is arranged so as to be partially inside the coil when the tag is in the mounted position.
6. The RFID tag according to claim 1 , wherein the amorphous material is provided in the mounting part such that it extends in both a first and a second direction.
7. The RFID tag according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting part comprises a needle having a tip provided at an end that is received in the transponder part in the mounted position and the tip is formed of the amorphous material.
8. The RFID tag according to claim 1 , wherein the amorphous material has a relative magnetic permeability of between 2000 and 115000.
9. The RFID tag according to claim 1 , wherein the transponder part is configured as a label for the tag.
10. An RFID tag, comprising:
a substantially triangular transponder part including an elongate glass transponder with an antenna coil arranged therein and having an associated field forming a closed loop;
a mounting part for fixing the tag in a mounted position and being engageable with the transponder part so as to be received in the transponder part when the tag is in the mounted position; and
wherein the tag further comprises two pieces of non-overlapping amorphous ferromagnetic material each located at an end of the glass transponder for guiding the field over a section of the closed loop, an entirety of each of the pieces of amorphous material being coplanar and providing an air gap in the same plane of and between the two coplanar pieces of amorphous ferromagnetic material, a magnetic field of the antenna coil being guided through the air gap between the two pieces of coplanar amorphous ferromagnetic material.
11. An RFID tag comprising:
a transponder part having an antenna coil with an associated field forming a closed loop arranged therein;
a mounting part for fixing the tag in a mounted position and being engageable with the transponder part so as to be received in the transponder part when the tag is in the mounted position; and
wherein the tag further comprises an amorphous ferromagnetic material configured to have a central portion receiving the antenna coil and comprising a first portion connected to one side of the central portion and a second portion connected to another side of the central portion to form an air gap for guiding the field over a section of the closed loop.
12. A method of manufacturing an RFID tag, the method comprising:
positioning an antenna coil in a transponder part, the antenna coil having an associated field forming a closed loop;
forming a mounting part for engagement with the transponder part in a mounted position; and
providing an amorphous ferromagnetic magnetic material in the tag such that the amorphous material is arranged in the mounting part proximal to the center of the antenna coil when the tag is in the mounted position for guiding the field over a section of the closed loop.