IP Library Granted Patent US 8,888,008
Granted Patent B2
US 8,888,008 · App. 13/648,696 · Granted Nov 18, 2014

RFID antenna module and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,888,008
App. No.
13/648,696
Granted
Nov 18, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an RFID antenna module includes an insulating substrate, a loop coil antenna and a magnetic part. The antenna is provided on the insulating substrate. The magnetic part is provided on the insulating substrate to be positioned behind the antenna. The insulating substrate is bent such that the antenna is directed in a plurality of directions.

Claims (47)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a non-conductive housing comprising a first wall and a second wall opposite to the first wall;

an electronic part inside the housing; and

an RFID antenna module inside the housing, the RFID antenna module comprising:

an insulating substrate comprising a plurality of substrate parts facing the first wall and the second wall of the housing, the substrate parts forming a first space therebetween;

a loop coil antenna on the substrate parts of the insulating substrate, the loop coil antenna configured to communicate by electromagnetic induction; and

a magnetic part on the substrate parts of the insulating substrate, the magnetic part located opposite to the antenna so as to face the first space,

wherein at least a part of the electronic part is in the first space of the RFID antenna module.

2. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the housing comprises a first wall and a second wall adjacent to the first wall,

the first wall and the second wall together form an outer wall of the housing,

the insulating substrate of the RFID antenna module comprises a first substrate part facing the first wall, and a second substrate part facing the second wall, and

the antenna is on the first substrate part and the second substrate part.

3. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the housing comprises a first wall and a second wall opposite to the first wall,

the first wall and the second wall together form an outer wall of the housing,

the insulating substrate of the RFID antenna module comprises a first substrate part facing the first wall, and a second substrate part facing the second wall, and

the antenna is on the first substrate part and the second substrate part.

4. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a first space which the magnetic part faces is between the first substrate part and the second substrate part.

5. The electronic apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising: an electronic part in the first space.

6. The electronic apparatus of claim 5 , wherein:

a mounting space outside the display module is formed between a circumferential part of the display module and the housing, and

the insulating substrate of the RFID antenna module in the mounting space.

7. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the electronic part is surrounded by the magnetic part of the RFID antenna module.

8. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the electronic part comprises a camera configured to import information from outside of the housing,

the camera comprises a lens configured to determine an imaging range, and

the insulating substrate and the magnetic part of the RFID antenna module comprises a through hole opposed to the lens.

9. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the electronic part comprises an IC chip.

10. The electronic apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first space opens toward the housing.

11. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a non-conductive housing comprising a first wall and a second wall opposite to the first wall;

an electronic part inside the housing; and

an RFID antenna module inside the housing,

the RFID antenna module comprising;

an insulating substrate comprising a first substrate part facing the first wall of the housing, a second substrate part facing the second wall of the housing, a third substrate part extending between the first substrate part and second substrate part, the first substrate part and second substrate part forming a first space therebetween which opens toward the housing;

a loop coil antenna on the first substrate part to the third substrate part of the insulating substrate, the loop coil antenna configured to communicate by electromagnetic induction; and

a magnetic part on the first substrate part to the third substrate part of the insulating substrate, the magnetic part located opposite to the antenna so as to face the first space,

wherein at least a part of the electronic part is in the first space of the RFID antenna module.

12. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a non-conductive housing comprising a mounting space;

a part inside the mounting space; and

an RFID antenna module inside the mounting space, the RFID antenna module comprising:

an insulating substrate comprising a plurality of substrate parts, the substrate parts forming a first space therebetween;

a loop coil antenna on the substrate parts of the insulating substrate, the loop coil antenna configured to communicate by electromagnetic induction; and

a magnetic part on the substrate parts of the insulating substrate, the magnetic part located opposite to the antenna so as to face the first space,

wherein at least a part of the part is in the first space of the RFID antenna module.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2019
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA CLIENT SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048720/0635 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2014
From: TESHIMA, MASAO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 033071/0305 →