Communications: electrical – Condition responsive indicating system – Specific condition
Patent
1986-07-11
1987-10-13
Chapman, John
Communications: electrical
Condition responsive indicating system
Specific condition
G08B 1324
Patent
active
047001798
ABSTRACT:
An article surveillance system employs a label or tag containing a non-linear impedance element, such as a semiconductor diode, connected to a metal antenna loop configured to pick up two distinct radio frequency transmissions displaced on either side of a selected center frequency. The non-linear impedance element connects opposing sides of a closed loop section at one end of the antenna to form a tuned tank circuit having a resonant frequency twice that of the selected center frequency. A first transmitter generates a tone modulated radio frequency displaced on one side of the center frequency, and a second transmitter generates a continuous wave radio frequency displaced from the center frequency on the other side. Both transmitter signals are fed separately to respective radiating antennae located adjacent to a surveillance area. The antennae are chosen to produce circularly polarized transmission of both frequencies within the surveillance area. The two different frequencies picked up by the transponder antenna are mixed by the non-linear impedance causing the tank circuit to resonate at a single higher frequency equal to their sum, which is double the center frequency; that resonant frequency is reradiated to be picked up by a receiver antenna or antennae suitably placed with respect to the surveillance zone to be detected by a very narrow band receiver responsive to the sum frequency. The modulating tone signal is derived from the received signal to produce a gradually increasing charge that is compared against a preselected threshold level to trigger an alarm for a fixed interval only when the detected signal is of a sufficient strength and duration.
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Chapman John
ICI Americas Inc.
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