| US 7,500,610 B1 | ||
| Assembly comprising a functional device and a resonator and method of making same | ||
| Mark A. Hadley, Newark, Calif. (US); Curt L. Carrender, Morgan Hill, Calif. (US); John Stephen Smith, San Jose, Calif. (US); and Gordon S. W. Craig, Palo Alto, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Alien Technology Corporation, Morgan Hill, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 07, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/269,400. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/626241, filed on Nov. 08, 2004. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 7/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 235—451 [235/492; 340/572.1; 340/572.5; 340/572.7; 340/572.8] | 13 Claims |
| 1. A device comprising:
an antenna assembly comprising a first substrate and an antenna element; and
a resonator assembly comprising a second substrate having a resonator loop coupled to an integrated circuit, wherein said
resonator assembly further comprises a third substrate having said integrated circuit embedded therein, wherein said resonator
loop is formed on said second substrate, and wherein said third substrate is coupled to said second substrate such that an
electrical interconnection is formed from said integrated circuit to said resonator loop,
wherein said second substrate is attached to said first substrate and wherein said integrated circuit is electrically coupled
to said antenna element by said resonator loop, said resonator loop lacking direct electrical contact with said antenna.
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