Ultra low-power techniques for sensor-enhanced RFID tags

Author

Brenk, Daniel ; Essel, Jochen ; Heidrich, Juergen ; Weigel, Robert

Author_Institution

Inst. for Electron. Eng., Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

fYear

2009

fDate

24-25 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper gives an overview on current design techniques for ultra low-power applications in passive UHF RFID tags. Specialized sensor data acquisition methods are discussed as well as generic sensor interfaces and their building blocks. Analog to digital converters working in ranges of less than 100 fJ/conversion-step are presented which can be applied as data converters for generic interfaces. Example calculations and simulations on single circuits are made to prove operability at UHF RFID conditions of only several muA available at 1 V supply voltage.

Keywords

UHF integrated circuits; analogue-digital conversion; data acquisition; low-power electronics; radiofrequency identification; sensors; analog-to-digital converter; generic sensor interface; integrated circuit; passive sensor-enhanced UHF RFID tag; sensor data acquisition method; ultra low-power technique; Analog-digital conversion; Batteries; Circuit simulation; Data acquisition; Passive RFID tags; RFID tags; Radiofrequency identification; Surveillance; UHF circuits; Voltage; ADC; RFID; mixed signal; sensor; ultra low-power;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Sensing, Local Positioning, and RFID, 2009. IMWS 2009. IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop on

Conference_Location

Cavtat

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5060-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5062-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307885

Filename

5307885