Patents by Inventor Alfred Gnadinger

Alfred Gnadinger has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6268796
    Abstract: A radio frequency identification device (RFID) has an antenna formed on a chip. The chip has backside and a front side coated with conductive traces, which are connected through conductive traces on the sides of two elongate through-hole slots formed on the chip to form an operative coil having the chip as a core. In one embodiment, the antenna chip may be stacked above an integrated circuit. In another embodiment, the integrated circuit may be formed on the antenna chip. The antenna chip may include a high magnetic permeability layer to increase the inductance of the coil, a capacitor to tune the coil to a desired frequency, and a coupling capacitor to power the integrated circuit. As well as the specific application disclosed, an inductance useful in numerous applications can be formed according to the above structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Inventors: Alfred Gnadinger, Stefan Linder