Wireless IC tag, reader-writer, and information processing system

1. An information processing system for performing wireless communication comprising:

a wireless IC tag; and

a reader-writer; wherein

the wireless tag includes a wireless IC chip and at least two coil-shaped antennas;

a first end of each of the at least two coil-shaped antennas is electrically connected to the wireless IC chip and second ends of the at least two coil-shaped antennas are electrically connected to each other;

winding axes of the at least two coil-shaped antennas are arranged at different positions and the at least two coil-shaped antennas have a same winding direction;

the reader-writer includes a reader-writer antenna and an information processing portion;

the reader-writer antenna has a size substantially equal to a size of the at least two coil-shaped antennas of the wireless IC tag;

a first end of the reader-writer antenna is electrically connected to a first end of the information processing portion, and a second end of the reader-writer antenna is electrically connected to a second end of the information processing portion;

the at least two coil-shaped antennas of the wireless IC tag are wound and connected to each other so as to produce in-phase magnetic fields;

the reader-writer antenna and the at least two coil shaped antennas of the wireless IC tag are overlaid directly on top of each other during communication; and

the reader-writer antenna has a diameter substantially equal to a sum of diameters of the at least two coil-shaped antennas.

2. The wireless IC tag according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the at least two coil-shaped antennas includes a plurality of coil conductors stacked in a substrate.

3. The wireless IC tag according to claim 2 , wherein

the plurality of coil conductors are arranged so that the plurality of coil conductors are overlaid on one another in the direction of the winding axes in a plan view.

4. The wireless IC tag according to claim 2 , wherein the wireless IC chip is disposed on the substrate and is covered with a sealing member.

5. The wireless IC tag according to claim 2 , wherein a ferrite layer is provided on at least one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the substrate.

6. The wireless IC tag according to claim 2 , wherein the at least two coil-shaped antennas are provided in the substrate and an outer electrode is provided on the substrate.

7. The wireless IC tag according to claim 6 , wherein the at least two coil-shaped antennas are electrically connected to the outer electrode.

8. The wireless IC tag according to claim 6 , further comprising at least one boost antenna arranged to oppose the outer electrode.

9. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the reader-writer includes a matching circuit provided between the reader-writer antenna and the information processing portion.

10. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the reader-writer antenna includes a loop-shaped magnetic field antenna including multiple turns.

11. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the reader-writer antenna includes a first coil-shaped antenna portion and a second coil-shaped antenna portion.

12. The information processing system according to claim 11 , wherein each of the first coil-shaped antenna portion and the second coil-shaped antenna portion of the reader-writer antenna include a loop-shaped magnetic field antenna including multiple turns.

13. The information processing system according to claim 1 , wherein the reader-writer includes a grip portion and an antenna head which is a pen-shaped head including the reader-writer antenna.