DE102006026105B4 - Method and device for the production of self-adhesive RFID transponders - Google Patents

Abstract

Method for the production of self-adhesive RFID transponders (30a, 44), in which a plurality of RFID chips or RFID chip modules are successively connected to a plurality of antennas (15), characterized by the following in a common RFID transponder production device successive steps taking place, the steps being carried out consecutively in time during a continuous roll-to-roll tape movement: a) Moving an antenna tape (13) with the antennas (15) arranged thereon in at least one row one behind the other at a selectable speed and moving a self-adhesive tape first carrier tape (18) at the same speed; b) Applying the chips or chip modules to the antenna tape (13) moving at the selected speed to form a plurality of RFID transponder inlays by means of an application and contacting device (17), with each chip module or chip each having one of the antennas ( 15) is assigned and brought into electrical contact therewith by means of the application and contacting device (17); c) Merging the antenna tape (13) and the first carrier tape (18) by means of a merging and laminating device (23, 24) and laminating the ...

Description

The invention relates to a method and a device for producing self-adhesive RFID transponders, in which a plurality of RFID chips or RFID chip modules are successively connected to a multiplicity of antennas, according to the preambles of patent claims 1 and 14.

A method for producing a Transponderinletbandes or a Smartlabelinletwebs is for example off WO 01/54058 A1 known. In this method, a total of three webs are passed simultaneously between two rolls, which are a first web on which the smart labels already made in a previous manufacturing step not related to this process are arranged, a film as a second top surface web as a bottom web is.

Both the surface web and the carrier web have adhesive surfaces and enclose the web containing the smart label on the top and bottom sides. A resulting Smartlabelinletweb is punched by means of a punching device such that both the surface of the web and the Smartlabels carrying first web are severed and thereby individual with parts of the surface tissue covered Smartlabels, which are arranged on the Trägerweb arise.

On the one hand, such a method requires the provision of a web with smart labels already arranged thereon, the production of these smart labels taking place in a process independent of this process of arranging the smart label on a further carrier tape, ie not inline. This has the consequence that no production process to be carried out continuously, starting with the actual production of the transponder up to the arrangement of these transporters as a self-adhesive transponder on a carrier tape is possible. As a result, additional time required for switching between two machines and the associated higher costs and possibly a lower throughput is given.

Furthermore, methods for the production of adhesive labels containing RFID transponders are known, as it is known from the 1 evident. According to the 1 is an applicator for applying RFID transponder inlet 1 in a conventional paper or foil printing machine 2 . 3 integrated, wherein the printing press section 2 a printing section and the section 3 represents a conversion station.

In the printing press section 2 , also called flexographic printing unit, a ribbon-like cover layer, also called facestock, printed, wherein the cover layer on a silicone paper with a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape arranged thereon, a so-called liner, is arranged. In the section 2 becomes the facestock 5 from the liner 6 separated and over a bridge-like component 4 to the actual applicator 1 bypassed. The liner is treated with a hot melt adhesive layer using a hot glue applicator 7 Mistake.

By means of two dispenser device 8th . 9 to provide the RFID transponder on another band 10 are arranged, and a vacuum and Ausschneideeinheit 11 The transponder inlets with the tape 10 and the sticky facestock 5 brings together a first stage of the procedure. Subsequently, the facestock and the liner are in a merging and laminating 12 laminated with intermediate RFID inlets. In a subsequent so-called die-cutting step within the machine section 3 The embedded transponder inlets are punched out and thus give individual adhesive labels, which are rolled up on a roll. At the same time, a stamped grid in the form of a matrix, which remains as the remainder, is drawn off. This results in a punched-out adhesive label with integrated RFID transponder inlet on a liner.

In this manufacturing process, in turn, two film webs, namely the facestock and the liner, and a third web, which provides the transponder inlets, collected. This results in a high consumption of material, since a high proportion of film is already required solely for use as a carrier film with respect to the RFID transponder. This portion of the film remains as a useless remnant for the resulting RFID transponder label product. In addition, larger areas below the RFID transponder inlets are not in contact with pressure-sensitive adhesive parts, so that there will be glue-free spots after the presence of the finished-finished label and this leads to a reduction in the durability of the labels.

US 2003/0 136 503 A1 relates to a method for the production of self-adhesive RFID transponders, in which a plurality of RFID chips or RFID chip modules with a plurality of antennas are connected successively. Various process steps are used. Among other things, a propagation of an antenna band at a speed and a traveling of a self-adhesive first carrier tape at the same speed will be described. Likewise, the application of the chip or chip module to the at the selected speed moving antenna band for forming inlays described. Direct coverage of the antennas by a carrier tape does not occur in this manufacturing process.

Accordingly, the present invention has for its object to provide a method and an apparatus for the production of self-adhesive RFID transponders, with the / an inline production of transponders and resulting labels or tickets in a simple, fast and cost-effective manner , even with the saving of manufacturing materials, is possible.

This object is achieved on the method side by the features of claim 1 and device side by the features of claim 14.

• a) Fortbewegen eines Antennenbandes mit den darauf mindestens einreihig hintereinander angeordneten Antennen mit einer wählbaren Geschwindigkeit und Fortbewegen eines selbstklebenden ersten Trägerbandes mit der gleichen Geschwindigkeit;
• b) Aufbringen der Chips oder Chip-Module auf das sich mit der gewählten Geschwindigkeit fortbewegende Antennenband zur Bildung einer Vielzahl von RFID-Transponderinlays mittels einer Aufbring- und Kontaktiereinrichtung, wobei jedes Chipmodul oder jeder Chip jeweils einer der Antennen zugeordnet und in elektrischen Kontakt damit mittels der Aufbring- und Kontaktiereinrichtung gebracht wird;
• c) Zusammenführen des Antennenbandes und des ersten Trägerbandes mittels einer Zusammenführungs- und Laminiereinrichtung und Auflaminieren des ersten Trägerbandes auf die Seite des Antennenbandes, auf der sich die Antennen und Chips oder Chipmodule befinden, mit der gewählten Geschwindigkeit derart, dass das erste Trägerband die Antennen und Chips oder Chipmodule bedeckt, mittels der Zusammenführungs- und Laminiereinrichtung;
• d) Vereinzeln jedes RFID-Transponderinlays mittels Durchtrennung des Antennenbandes und ohne Durchtrennung des ersten Trägerbandes zur Bildung von RFID-Transpondern mittels einer Vereinzelungseinrichtung, und
• e) Abziehen von antennenfreien Anteilen des Antennenbandes von dem ersten Trägerband mit der gewählten Geschwindigkeit mittels einer ersten Abzieheinrichtung, um das die vereinzelten RFID-Transponder tragende erste Trägerband zu erhalten.

An essential point of the invention is that in a method for the production of self-adhesive RFID transponders, in which a plurality of RFID chips or RFID chip modules with a plurality of antennas are connected successively, the following steps are carried out, wherein the Steps are taken in a common RFID transponder manufacturing device and are sequential, and wherein the steps are performed consecutively during a locally continuous roll-to-roll belt travel:

• a) moving an antenna band with the antennas arranged thereon at least one row behind the other at a selectable speed and advancing a self-adhesive first carrier band at the same speed;
• b) applying the chips or chip modules to the antenna band traveling at the selected speed to form a plurality of RFID transponder inlays by means of an application and contacting device, each chip module or each chip associated with one of the antennas and in electrical contact therewith the application and contacting is brought;
• c) merging the antenna band and the first carrier tape by means of a merging and laminating and laminating the first carrier tape on the side of the antenna band, on which the antennas and chips or chip modules are located, with the selected speed such that the first carrier tape, the antennas and Covered chips or chip modules, by means of the merging and laminating;
• d) separating each RFID transponder inlays by means of transection of the antenna band and without severing the first carrier tape to form RFID transponders by means of a separating device, and
• e) withdrawing antenna-free portions of the antenna tape from the first carrier tape at the selected speed by means of a first peeling device to obtain the first carrier tape carrying the singulated RFID transponder.

Such a method requires only two bands for the production of the self-adhesive RFID transponder, namely the antenna band and the carrier tape, so that while saving material a cost-effective solution for the production of self-adhesive RFID transponder and produced from labels and tickets has been found.

Ideally, in such an inline process sequence and in the apparatus provided for this, the actual printing process for printing the antennas is already integrated inline as the preceding step, ie. H. the antennas are first printed in the same device, then fitted with the chip modules or chips and laminated together with the carrier tape, wherein the transport speeds and the speeds of the individual manufacturing or process steps are coordinated such that a continuous continuous manufacturing process to increase the throughput of the device and cost reduction is possible. Here, the speed of the antenna band corresponds to the speed of the carrier tape, with the result that the lamination process as well as the loading and contacting with the chips and chip modules and the printing of the antenna must also take place at these speeds. The tapes are locally movable from roll to roll, commonly referred to as inline mode. There is therefore no change of the tape from one role to the other role for a subsequent step, as described above, instead, resulting in an advantageous continuous production of the RFID transponder results, without here a time interruption by a roll change or a Changing one of the two or both bands of a machine part to a next machine part is required.

As an alternative to the printing process of an antenna, the antenna may be punched out of an adhesive layer material and applied to the antenna band moving at the selected speed by means of an antenna applicator. This application step is in turn likewise integrated into the method according to the invention and the device according to the invention as an inline solution. In contrast to a printing process, no drying processes for applied ink or color parts are to be considered. In addition, by such a Antennenaufbringvorgang the requirements for the speed and precision of the antenna band to be kept easier to realize because no evaluation or drying times must be met. Furthermore, such an antenna application method can employ a self-contamination-free rotary process by means of roller rolls.

Advantageously, the fact that no color or ink parts can be blurred or smeared in the application process, the exclusion, as the proportion of non-functional transponders or labels or tickets reduced.

By integrating the printing process into the process sequence and the device according to the invention such that no machine change is required on the transition from the printing process to the arrangement of the transponders on a belt, it is advantageous to provide a kind of complete solution for the production of self-adhesive RFID transponders or RFID transponders. Transponder labels or tickets available. Thus, in such an apparatus for producing labels or tickets in a continuous common process by providing the starting materials, such as the tapes, the antennas and the chip / chip modules transponder labels or transponder tickets can be made without machine change in a continuous process.

The singulation of the RFID transponder inlays takes place by means of a punching process by passing the laminated antenna band between a roller pattern having the punch pattern and a counterpressure roller. Here, the pressure of these rolls is metered in such a way that no complete punching process, but a punching operation with a limited punch depth, namely limited to the thickness of the antenna belt takes place.

According to a preferred embodiment, the method according to the invention comprises the further steps of feeding a second carrier tape to the first carrier tape comprising the RFID transponders and transmitting the RFID transponders at a selectable distance from each other from the first to the second carrier tape by means of a transmission device. This step, which is applicable for the production of transponder labels or transponder tickets, may optionally be coupled with a step of sorting out non-functional RFID transponders during or after the step of transmitting the RFID transponders.

The method preferably also includes the steps of supplying and laminating a cover film tape via the arranged on the second carrier tape RFID transponder in the selected speed by means of another feeding and laminating and the step of separating the RFID transponder by severing the cover film tape and without transection the second carrier tape for forming RFID transponder labels with the selected speed by means of a singulator. Of course, the cover film strip can additionally be printed in a preceding inlay printing process and serves as a top-side protective film for the label or the ticket.

In a further step, after the separating step of the RFID transponder, the RFID transponder-free portion of the cover film strip is removed from the second carrier tape at the selected speed by means of a second stripping device so that only the actual transponder parts are covered with the cover film.

The second carrier tape can be replaced by another film tape to thereby instead of a label a ticket, such as an entrance ticket, a ticket, an access authorization ticket, a transport ticket to produce. In such tickets, the RFID transponder is arranged between a printed or an unprinted first cover film layer and a second printed or unprinted cover film layer.

When mounting chips, flip-chip mounting can be used.

The tickets can then be stacked in a further separation process for separating the RFID transponders by severing both cover film tapes to form stackable tickets in a stacking device, since the entire band composite is punched. The remaining in this punching process rest of the band composite is wound as a skeletal tape on a roll.

All method steps can be implemented within the devices according to the invention, so as to enable a cost-effective production of transponders or labels and tickets. For this purpose, the device according to the invention for producing the self-adhesive RFID transponder has a merging and laminating device for bringing together the antennas and the chips or chip modules Antenna band and the first carrier tape on the antenna band. In addition, the device has the separating device for cutting through the antenna strip and without severing the first carrier strip in the antenna region and the peeling device for removing antenna-free portions of the antenna strip from the first carrier strip at the selected speed.

Further advantageous embodiments will become apparent from the dependent claims.

Advantages and expediencies can be found in the following description in conjunction with the drawing. Hereby show:

1 A device for the production of self-adhesive transponders according to the prior art;

2 In a schematic representation of individual device features for carrying out the method according to the invention according to a first embodiment of the invention;

3 In a schematic representation of individual features of the apparatus for performing the method according to the invention according to a second embodiment of the invention;

4 In a schematic representation of individual features of an apparatus for performing the method according to the invention according to a third embodiment of the invention;

5 In a schematic representation of individual features of an apparatus for performing the method according to the invention according to a fourth embodiment of the invention;

6 In a schematic representation of individual features of an apparatus for performing the method according to the invention according to a fifth embodiment of the invention.

In 2 In a schematic representation of several parts of an apparatus for performing a method according to the invention according to a first embodiment of the invention are shown in fragmentary form. An antenna band 13 with antennas arranged thereon 15 is from a roll-like feeder 14 unrolled and over a roll 16 an application and contacting 17 for applying and contacting chip modules or chips to the pads of the antennas 15 fed. The RFID transponder inlays resulting therefrom are produced either by a flip-chip process for depositing the chip on the antenna connection surfaces as a direct assembly chip assembly process or by depositing and electrically connecting RFID chip modules to the antenna connection surfaces.

A carrier tape 18 (Facestock) will be printed or unprinted at the same speed as the speed of travel of the antenna band 13 from a roll-like feeder 19 unwound and over rolls 20 and 21 diverted. By means of a pressure-sensitive adhesive applicator 22 becomes an adhesive layer on one side of the carrier tape 18 applied. Alternatively, the carrier tape 18 from the outset already be designed as a self-adhesive tape and must be freed in this case of a protective film that can be wound on a roll not shown here, are released.

In a merging and laminating device 23 . 24 finds the merging of the two bands 18 and 13 at the same speed and the lamination of the carrier tape 18 on the antenna band 13 such that the RFID transponder inlays arranged on the antenna band are separated from the carrier tape 18 are covered.

In a further step, a singling process, the so-called die-cutting, with the singler 25 . 26 instead of. In this case, the transponder inlays are punched out by forming free-standing RFID transponders such that the antenna band 13 is punched through, but not the carrier tape 18 , This is indicated by the role 26 Punching tools on. Then takes place under previous deflection of the antenna-free portion 28 of the antenna band 13 around a pulley 27 a winding of the antenna-free portion of the antenna band 13 around a pulley 27 a winding of the antenna-free portion, so the band grid 28 on a roll 29 instead of.

From this point on, the carrier tape is now an RFID transponder spaced therefrom 30a wearing band 30 present, which is moved on with the selected speed. A subsequent deflection via the pulley 31 and a winding on a roll 32 is the in 2 reproduced representation.

In 3 are shown in a schematic representation of individual features or components of a device for the inventive method according to a second embodiment of the invention. Identical and equivalent components are provided with the same reference numerals.

In the 3 reproduced device differs from the in 2 shown device in that both the antenna band 13 as well as the carrier tape 18 an inline integrated Go through printing as it means the devices 33 and 35 can be carried out. A subsequent guidance of the printed tapes takes place by means of the rollers 34 and 36 instead of.

The printing devices 33 and 35 Both may be integrated into the device, either individually or individually, and are characterized by the fact that these are of the bands 13 . 18 be traversed at the same speed, in the area of the merger of both bands at the merger 23 . 24 is available.

The printing device 35 is used to print the carrier tape 18 to print corresponding texts, notes or signs for any later resulting labels. The printing device 33 however, it is used to print the antennas. In this way, by providing starting materials, such as the antenna band itself without antennas disposed thereon, the carrier tape itself in the unprinted state and the chips or chip modules and a pressure sensitive adhesive, it is possible in a continuous process within a common device self-adhesive RFID transponder, which are arranged on a carrier tape, which may be, for example, a silicone tape arranged to produce in large numbers.

In 4 are shown in a schematic representation of individual components of an apparatus for performing the method according to the invention according to a third embodiment of the invention. Identical and equivalent components are provided with the same reference numerals.

In 4 the process section which takes place until the production of the self-adhesive RFID transponder is identical to that for 2 already described process section. Of course, at the in 4 embodiment shown also one or two printing devices for printing the antenna tape and optionally the carrier tape, as it already has 3 be described, be included.

After the lamination and singulation process of the RFID transponder inlays, the supply of a second carrier tape takes place 42 , which by a feeder 41 when, for example, silicone film is unwound, via a deflection roller 43 in the printed or unprinted state instead. The carrier tape also has an adhesive layer on the left side. At the same time, a carrier film 38 , For example, a silicone film over a pulley 37 is deflected onto a take-up roll 39 wound.

The first carrier tape 30 with the RFID transponders arranged thereon 30a experiences a deflection via a pulley 40 and transfers in this case the isolated RFID transponder with a selectable distance from each other on the second carrier tape 42 , which is to serve as a carrier tape for the formation of RFID labels. At the same time non-functioning RFID transponder can be sorted out by means not shown here.

The transmitted RFID transponders are under the reference numeral 44 as on the second carrier tape 42 arranged shown.

The second carrier tape 42 is via a pulley 45 redirected and at the same time in interaction with another role 46 with a cover tape 48 , which by a feeder 47 is unrolled, and over a pulley 49 is directed, brought together and laminated together. One on the cover foil tape 48 arranged protective film 50 for covering one on the cover film tape 48 arranged adhesive layer is on a take-up device 51 wound up, and the cover foil tape 48 becomes a protective film-free tape 52 continued.

After the lamination of the cover film tape and the second carrier tape 42 has taken place with intervening RFID transponder, is in a second second separating device 54 . 55 a separation of the RFID transponder with surrounding cover film tape and carrier tape shares carried out such that finished RFID labels are obtained by a free-punching process (die-cutting). A remaining punched grid resulting from the punching operation is placed on a take-up device 56 wound. The rest of the remaining band 57 with the labels arranged thereon is via a pulley 58 on a take-up device 59 wound.

In 5 is a schematic representation of a detail shown apparatus for performing a method according to the invention according to a fourth embodiment of the invention. Identical and equivalent components are provided with the same reference numerals.

This in 5 shown device serves in contrast to the in 4 illustrated device, which is directed to the production of labels, for the production of RFID transponder tickets. As a result, the second carrier layer is 42 as they are in 4 is represented by another cover film tape 42a replaced. Unlike the in 4 embodiment shown takes place in the singulation process by means of separating device 54 . 55 a complete punching of the band composite instead, so that then a stacking of the separated RFID tickets in a stacking device 61 by means of a stacking unit 60 can take place. The remaining leftover punched grid 63 becomes a role after deflection 62 on a take-up device 64 wound up as rest material.

In 6 Components of an apparatus for carrying out the method according to the invention according to a fifth embodiment of the invention are shown.

This in 6 The method shown involves unwinding a carrier layer 66 from an unwinding device 65 , After a deflection around a roll 67 passes through the carrier layer 66 a printing device 68 in which a multiplicity of antennas as well as various graphic or textual elements are printed for the production of an RFID transponder label.

Advantageously, the graphic and textual elements are on an upper side and the antennas are on a lower side of the carrier layer 66 or the other way around. Such a method makes it possible to save at least one band, since both the antenna and the graphic and textual printing elements are applied to a common carrier tape.

Subsequently takes place in an applicator 69 the application of RFID chip modules by unwinding a tape 71 from an unwinding device 70 and deflecting desselbigen to a pulley 72 on the carrier layer 66 instead of. The RFID chips can be applied directly or as straps. An electrical contact with antenna pads takes place at the same time.

When applying the individual straps or chip modules 73 it is possible that the band to be contacted 71 discharged again, so from the carrier layer 66 is led away.

In an unwinding device 74 will be another band 76 like a liner, unwound and by means of a pressure-sensitive adhesive applicator 75 coated with pressure-sensitive adhesive. The liner 76 is then on the carrier layer 66 laminated. Thus, a Kiebestofftransfer from the liner to the carrier layer.

Instead of a liner with pressure-sensitive adhesive, a lower cover layer tape can also be applied by means of pressure-sensitive adhesive. This could be generated in a simple manner by a punching a high number of paper tickets.

In a subsequent die-cutting process by means of a punching device 78 . 79 The individual RFID transponder inlays formed previously are punched out, and a resulting band-like punched grid resulting therefrom 82 is on a take-up roll 81 wound.

The resulting after this punching process RFID Trasponderetiketten 83 are resting on the liner and sticking to it around a pulley 84 deflected and onto a take-up roll 85 wound. If a lower shroud layer is used or glued instead of the liner, RFID tickets are produced instead of RFID labels. The finished RFID tags can pass through a functional test, which is no longer shown here, and if necessary be laminated to another liner, not shown here. In this process, a variation of the distance between the individual RFID transponder labels to each other can be carried out and a sorting of non-functional labels take place.

All procedures according to the various embodiments shown can be carried out continuously or discontinuously, always paying attention to a coordination of the speeds of the individual bands and devices to each other. This is due to the high number of individual manufacturing steps, which are integrated within a common device, to take into account also with regard to the precision of the process steps to be performed.

All disclosed in the application documents features are claimed as essential to the invention, provided they are new individually or in combination over the prior art.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

applicator

2, 3

Printing machine sections

4

deflecting

5

facestock

6

liner

7

Heissklebstoffauftrageeinrichtung

8, 9

Dispensing means

10

tape

11

Transponder Vacuum Equipment

12

Combining device

13

antenna band

14

Antennenbandzurühreinrichtung

15

antennas

16

idler pulley

17

Applying and contacting device

18

carrier tape

19

Trägerbandzurühreinrichtung

20

idler pulley

21

idler pulley

22

Haftklebestoffauftrageeinrichtung

23, 24

Merging and laminating device

25, 26

First separating device (counter-pressure roller 25 , Roller roller 26 )

27

idler pulley

28

antenna-free shares

29

Winding device for punching grid (peeling device)

30

RFID transponder equipped band

30a

RFID transponder

31

idler pulley

32

Winding device for tape 30

33

First printing device

34

leadership

35

Second printing device

36

leadership

37

Transfer device (deflection roller)

38

tape

39

Winding device for tape 38

40

Transfer device (deflection roller)

41

Unwinding device for second carrier tape

42

Second carrier tape

42a

another cover foil tape

43

idler pulley

44

Transferred RFID transponders

45, 46

Merging device (part of the merging and laminating device)

47

Unwinding device for cover foil tape (part of the merging and laminating device)

48

Top film band

49

Deflection pulley (part of the merging and laminating device)

50

protector

51

Winding device for protective film

52

Protective film-free cover tape

53

band composite

54, 55

Second separating device

56

Winding device for punched grid belt (second stripping device)

57

Band with sporadically arranged RFID labels

58

idler pulley

59

Winding device for tape

60

Stacking element (stacking unit)

61

stacker

62

idler pulley

63

residual grid

64

Take-up device for residual grid

65

Unwinding device for carrier layer

66

backing

67

idler pulley

68

print Setup

69

applicator

70

Unwinding device for tape

71

Chip module carrying tape

72

idler pulley

73

chip module

74

Unwinding device for liners

75

Haftklebstoffauftrageeinrichtung

76

liner

77

idler pulley

78, 79

separating device

80

idler pulley

81

Winding device for remaining punched grids

82

Band-like punched grid

83

RAID transponder tag

84

idler pulley

85

takeup

Claims (14)

Method for producing self-adhesive RFID transponders ( 30a . 44 ), in which a plurality of RFID chips or RFID chip modules with a plurality of antennas ( 15 ) are successively connected, characterized by successive steps taking place in a common RFID transponder manufacturing device, wherein the steps are carried out consecutively during a continuous roll-to-roll belt travel: a) moving an antenna belt ( 13 ) with at least one row behind the other arranged antennas ( 15 ) at a selectable speed and moving a self-adhesive first carrier tape ( 18 ) at the same speed; b) applying the chips or chip modules to the antenna band moving at the selected speed ( 13 ) for forming a plurality of RFID transponder inlays by means of an application and contacting device ( 17 ), each chip module or chip each one of the antennas ( 15 ) and in electrical contact therewith by means of the application and contacting device ( 17 ) is brought; c) merging the antenna band ( 13 ) and the first carrier tape ( 18 ) by means of a merging and laminating device ( 23 . 24 ) and laminating the first carrier tape ( 18 ) on the side of the antenna band ( 13 ) on which the antennas and chips or chip modules are located at the selected speed such that the first carrier tape ( 18 ) the antennas ( 15 ) and chips or chip modules, by means of the merging and laminating device ( 23 . 24 ); d) separating each RFID transport inlays by means of transection of the antenna band ( 13 ) and without transection of the first carrier tape ( 18 ) for the formation of RFID transponders ( 30a ) by means of a separating device ( 25 . 26 ), and e) stripping of antenna-free portions ( 28 ) of the antenna band ( 13 ) from the first carrier tape ( 18 ) at the selected speed by means of a first stripper ( 29 ), around which the isolated RFID transponders ( 30a ) receiving first carrier tape. Method according to claim 1, characterized by the preceding step of applying the antennas ( 15 ) as a self-adhesive layer material on the moving at the selected speed antenna band ( 13 ) by means of an antenna applicator. Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the first carrier tape ( 18 ) and / or the antenna band ( 13 ) before being merged into a printing device ( 35 . 33 ) goes through / passes through a printing process at the selected speed. Method according to claim 3, characterized in that the antenna band ( 13 ) with the antennas ( 15 ) is printed. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the singulation of the RFID transponder inlays is carried out by means of a punching process by the laminated antenna band ( 13 ) between the singulator ( 25 . 26 ) Viewing from a punch pattern having roller roller ( 26 ) and a counter-pressure roller ( 25 ) passes through. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by the steps of feeding a second carrier tape ( 42 ) to which the RFID transponder ( 30a ) having first carrier tape ( 18 ) and the transmission of the RFID transponder ( 30a ) at a selectable distance from each other from the first to the second carrier tape ( 42 ) by means of a transmission device ( 37 . 40 ). Method according to claim 6, characterized by the step of sorting out non-functional RFID transponders ( 30a . 44 ) during or after the step of transmitting the RFID transponders ( 30a . 44 ). A method according to claim 6 or 7, characterized by the steps of feeding and laminating a cover film strip ( 48 ) over the on the second carrier tape ( 42 ) arranged RFID transponder ( 30a . 44 ) at the selected speed by means of a further feeding and laminating device ( 47 . 49 . 45 . 46 ). Method according to claim 8, characterized by the step of separating the RFID transponders ( 44 ) by transection of the cover film strip ( 48 ) and without severing the second carrier tape ( 42 ) for forming RFID transponder labels at the selected speed by means of a singulator ( 54 . 55 ). A method according to claim 9, characterized by the removal of RFID transponder-free portions of the cover film tape ( 48 ) from the second carrier tape ( 42 ) at the selected speed by means of a second stripper ( 56 ). Method according to one of claims 6-10, characterized in that the second carrier tape ( 42 ) by another cover film tape ( 42a ) and the singulation of the RFID transponder ( 44 ) by cutting through both cover film tapes ( 42a . 48 ) for forming in a stacking device ( 61 ) stackable tickets is performed. Method according to one of claims 1-11, characterized in that all process steps are carried out on continuously moving bands. Method according to claims 1-11, characterized in that all method steps are carried out on discontinuously moving bands. Device for producing self-adhesive RFID transponders according to the method of claim 1, with which a plurality of RFID chips or RFID chip modules with a plurality of antennas ( 15 ) is successively connectable, characterized by a merging and laminating device ( 23 . 24 ) for merging the antennas ( 15 ) and chip or chip modules having antenna band ( 13 ) and a self-adhesive first carrier tape ( 18 ) and for laminating the first carrier tape ( 18 ) on the antenna band ( 13 ), wherein the merging and laminating device ( 23 . 24 ) is adapted to the first carrier tape ( 18 ) on the side of the antenna band ( 13 ) on which the antennas and chips or chip modules are located and wherein the antenna band ( 13 ) and the first carrier tape ( 18 ) at the selected speed such that the first carrier tape ( 18 ) the antennas ( 15 ) and chips or chip modules, a singulation device ( 25 . 26 ) for the separation of the antenna band ( 13 ) without transection of the first carrier tape ( 18 ) in the antenna area, and a stripper ( 29 ) for stripping antenna-free portions ( 28 ) of the antenna band ( 13 ) from the first carrier tape ( 18 ) at the speed, with the bands ( 13 . 18 ) are continuously movable from roll to roll.

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