RFID system with time slot interleaving

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9633238
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14559038

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A method for interleaving time slots in a multi-antenna system for communication with RFID tags is disclosed. An example is shown for an eight antenna system. A first four antennas arranged side-by-side are sequentially energized to interrogate RFID transponders. A second set of four antennas arranged side-by-side, the first of which is adjacent to the last of the first set of antennas. A four-antenna sequence is performed for the first four antennas and a second four antenna sequence is performed for the second set of antennas. The first and second four antenna sequences are offset by only a marginal amount, sufficient to ensure that a transponder signal received four antennas away from an active antenna is not acknowledged because the receive window for the non-active antenna is delayed.

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AMTECH SYSTEMS LLC8600 JEFFERSON NE ALBUQUERQUE NM 87113

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gravelle, Kelly Poway, US 76 1830
Kelsey, Karl Albuquerque, US 9 44
Melville, Michael Albuquerque, US 28 268

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