Design criteria for the RF section of UHF and microwave passive RFID transponders

Author

Vita, Giuseppe De ; Iannaccone, Giuseppe

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ingegneria dell´´Informazione, Pisa, Italy

Volume

53

Issue

9

fYear

2005

Firstpage

2978

Lastpage

2990

Abstract

A set of design criteria for the radio-frequency (RF) section of long-range passive RF identification (RFID) transponders operating in the 2.45-GHz or 868-MHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) frequency ranges is derived in this paper, focusing in particular on the voltage multiplier, the power-matching network, and the backscatter modulation. The paper discusses the design tradeoffs between the error probability at the reader receiver and the converted RF-dc power at the transponder, determining the regions of the design space that allow optimization of the operating range and the data rate of the RFID system.

Keywords

MMIC; UHF integrated circuits; backscatter; modulation; radiofrequency identification; transponders; voltage multipliers; 2.45 GHz; 868 MHz; RF section design; UHF passive RFID transponders; backscatter modulation; error probability; microwave passive RFID transponders; power matching network; voltage multiplier; Amplitude modulation; Backscatter; Design optimization; Electromagnetic fields; Passive RFID tags; Phase modulation; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency identification; Transponders; Voltage; Backscatter modulation; RF rectifier; passive transponders; radio-frequency identification (RFID);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMTT.2005.854229

Filename

1505023