Reflective nonlinear transmission lines for single-antenna non-self-jamming RFID

Author

Yu, Fan ; Ma, Yunfei ; Kan, Edwin C.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

5-10 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We present a harmonic radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder based on reflective nonlinear transmission lines (NLTLs), where the tag size is significantly reduced with single antenna configuration. To show the feasibility and design procedure, two open-ended NLTLs are fabricated in IBM 0.13μm CMOS process. Both of the 0.35 mm by 0.95 mm open-ended NLTLs show around -11 dBm reflected second harmonic by 0 dBm small signal input. Distance of wireless transmission is characterized by single dualband/broadband antenna connection.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; broadband antennas; jamming; radiofrequency identification; telecommunication transmission lines; IBM CMOS process; harmonic RFID; harmonic radiofrequency identification; open-ended NLTL; reflective NLTL; reflective nonlinear transmission lines; single dualband-broadband antenna connection; single-antenna nonself-jamming RFID; size 0.13 mum; wireless transmission distance; Antenna measurements; Broadband antennas; Harmonic analysis; Impedance; Power system harmonics; Power transmission lines; Radiofrequency identification; Harmonic Generation; NLTL; Open-ended NLTL; RFID Transponder;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2011 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-754-2

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2011.5972823

Filename

5972823