Radio tag antenna structure for an optical recording medium and a case for an optical recording medium with a radio tag antenna

Abstract

An antenna comprises a dielectric member, an antenna pattern formed on one surface of the dielectric member, and a ground pattern formed on the other surface of the dielectric member. A part or the whole of the antenna is implanted in a dielectric layer on the side from which a laser beam does not come in of an optical recording medium symmetrically having a metal layer reflecting the laser beam and the dielectric layer, thereby to provide a radio tag antenna structure for an optical recording medium which is simple, is small-sized, and can secure necessary reading performance.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 10 / 999,690 filed Nov. 30, 2004, now pending, and hereby claims priority to Japanese Application No. 2004-205829 filed on Jul. 13, 2004 in Japan, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] (1) Field of the Invention [0003] The present invention relates to a radio tag antenna structure for an optical recording medium, and a case for an optical recording medium with a radio tag antenna. Particularly, the present invention relates to a technique suitable for use to an optical recording disk medium such as a DVD, a CD or the like. [0004] (2) Description of Related Art [0005] Enthusiastically developed is a radio tag system wherein a reader / writer transmits a high-frequency electromagnetic wave, and a radio tag with an IC (Integrated Circuit) chip storing unique information therein receives the high-frequency electromagnetic wave, ...

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Benefits of technology

"The present invention provides a technique for attaching a radio tag antenna to an optical recording medium that is simple, small-sized, and can secure required reading performance. The antenna is attached to the medium's dielectric layer, which is not affected by the laser beam used for recording. The antenna can be implanted in the dielectric layer or attached to the optical recording medium's inner surface. The antenna pattern can be formed on the surface of or inside the dielectric layer. The invention also provides a flat antenna structure and a case for the optical recording medium that can secure necessary management within a short period of time and improve security."

Problems solved by technology

An object of this technique is to make it difficult to illegally remove the resonant tag from an article case to which the resonant tag is attached as a sensor.

When a surface (a surface on which a label is attached) on the opposite side to the information reading surface (a surface on which the laser beam is irradiated) is flawed or scratched, the reflective layer or the recording layer is apt to be damaged rather than the reading surface because the protective layer (dielectric layer) on this surface's side is very thin.

However, with respect to an optical recording medium such as a DVD or the like in which a protective layer in almost the same degree as the protective layer on the information reading surface's side is also formed on the label surface's side like a DVD, attaching the antenna to the inner peripheral portion of the disk is not always the best way.

Additionally, a bending work or the like of the antenna, which is not easy, is required because the area of the inner peripheral portion of the disk to which the antenna is attached is limited.

Since a general dipole antenna has an impedance of about 72 Ω, their impedances do not match when the chip and the dipole antenna are connected as they are, which causes a disadvantage that the communicable distance is deteriorated, for example.

This may cause a disadvantage that the communicable distance becomes very short or reading becomes impossible in the worst case when the antenna is connected to an IC chip for a radio tag having high impedance.

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