Radio tag
In a noncontact type radio tag communicating with an RFID reader/writer, a first planar antenna is arranged on one surface of a dielectric substrate, a ground plane with which a second planar antenna is integrally formed is arranged on the other surface of the dielectric substrate, and an IC chip is connected to the first and the second planar antenna with a feeder.
1. A radio tag comprising:
a single patch antenna arranged on one surface of a dielectric substrate;
a single slot antenna formed integrally with a ground plane arranged on the other surface of the dielectric substrate; and
a microstrip line or coplanar line as a feeder having a part connecting the patch antenna to an IC chip and a part extending from a branching point in the line to a junction for electromagnetic coupling with the slot antenna;
the single slot antenna being displaced from the single patch antenna such that radiation from the slot antenna is not disturbed by the patch antenna.
2. The radio tag as claimed in claim 1 , wherein frequencies of electric wave signals transmitted and received by the patch antenna and the slot antenna are same.
3. The radio tag as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the IC chip is placed on the same surface as the patch antenna and connected to the ground plane through a through hole provided in the dielectric substrate.
4. The radio tag as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the microstrip line or coplanar line is placed on the same surface as the patch antenna and connected electromagnetically to the slot antenna through a noncontact feeding portion.