Wafer-scale integration with alternative technology wafer processes that can be folded into three-dimensional packaging

    公开(公告)号:US11798901B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-24

    申请号:US16669735

    申请日:2019-10-31

    发明人: Ian J. Forster

    IPC分类号: H01L23/00 H01L27/00

    CPC分类号: H01L23/564 H01L27/00

    摘要: Semiconductor wafer devices are formed of a wafer or a portion of a wafer. The wafer or wafer portion includes a plurality of functional blocks, one of which comprises an energy source and another which takes some other form, such as digital logic, data storage, a communication module, a display, a display driver, or a sensor. A functional block may be formed as part of processing of the wafer or may comprise a post-processing element. The functional blocks combine to provide an operational system having a plurality of functions. The wafer may be formed of an amorphous material, allowing the device to have a three-dimensional, non-planar structure, such as a cuboidal or tubular structure. If the device comprises only a portion of a wafer, a plurality of devices may be formed from a single wafer, with each portion being removed from the remainder of the wafer to define a device.

    Shielding and/or enhancement of temperature-sensing RFID devices

    公开(公告)号:US11783154B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-10

    申请号:US16706012

    申请日:2019-12-06

    发明人: Ian J. Forster

    IPC分类号: G06K19/077 G06K19/07

    摘要: A temperature-sensing RFID device includes an RFID chip and an antenna electrically coupled thereto. The RFID chip includes a temperature sensor, while the antenna is adapted to receive energy from an RF field and produce a signal. A shielding structure and/or a thermally conductive or absorbent structure may be associated with the RFID chip. The shielding structure is oriented so as to be positioned between at least a portion of the RFID chip and an outside environment and configured to shield the temperature sensor from at least one environmental factor capable of affecting a temperature sensed by the temperature sensor of an article to which the RFID device is secured. The thermally conductive or absorbent structure is oriented so as to be positioned between at least a portion of the RFID chip and the article and configured to enhance thermal coupling between the temperature sensor and the article.

    High density read chambers for scanning and encoding RFID tagged items

    公开(公告)号:US11714975B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-01

    申请号:US14525353

    申请日:2014-10-28

    发明人: Mark W. Roth

    IPC分类号: G06K7/10 G06F21/32 G06K9/00

    摘要: High density read chambers are provided for scanning and/or encoding a plurality of RFID tagged items. Such chambers may include an enclosure with an interior defined by upper and lower surfaces, with a sidewall extending therebetween. An access (such as a door) may be associated with at least one of the surfaces or the sidewall, with the access being at least partially opened to access the interior of the enclosure from an outside location. The chamber further includes an antenna positioned within the interior of the enclosure and an RFID reader associated with the antenna. The RFID reader receives signals from and/or transmits signals to the antenna, while the antenna emits a scanning or encoding signal within the interior of the enclosure, with at least a portion of at least one of the surfaces or the sidewall including a signal-reflective material facing the interior of the enclosure.

    METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING ITEMS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A MOBILE DEVICE OR WITHIN A DIGITAL IMAGE

    公开(公告)号:US20230224672A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-13

    申请号:US17999219

    申请日:2021-05-18

    IPC分类号: H04W4/02 H04W4/029 G06K7/10

    摘要: Methods for identifying one or more items in close proximity to a mobile device and/or are within a digital image. The location of the mobile device can be determined using outdoor positioning systems (“OPS”), indoor positioning systems (“IPS”), or combinations thereof. The identity of the item or items can be determine using planograms; visual inventory; RFID handheld inventory; RFID overhead inventory; vision system inventory; UR; barcode; NEC; or combinations thereof. In some embodiments, the methods described herein include or involve identifying one or more items within a digital image, such as a photograph or video. The image has an identification (ID)/time stamp that is used to associate the items in the image that have been read in the same area as the image so that the items can be actively searched as a digital image to highlight or list items that are in the image.

    RANGE DISCRIMINATION IN AN RFID ELECTRONIC ARTICLE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230154300A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-18

    申请号:US17904825

    申请日:2021-02-25

    发明人: Ian J. FORSTER

    IPC分类号: G08B13/24

    摘要: RFID-based electronic surveillance article systems are provided with first and second receiving antennas. An RF signal is transmitted to an RFID device, which transmits a return signal that is received by the receiving antennas. A position of the RFID device may be determined based on a difference between the strength of the return signal when received by the first antenna and the strength of the return signal when received by the second antenna. If RF signals are transmitted by the receiving antennas, the position of the RFID device may be determined by changing the strengths of the RF signals transmitted by each antenna and comparing the strength of the RF signal transmitted by the first antenna when the RFID device is at a threshold for receiving the signal to the strength of the RF signal transmitted by the second antenna when the RFID device is at the threshold.