Ultra-low-power series voltage regulator for passive microwave RFID transponders

Author

De Vita, Giuseppe ; Iannaccone, Giuseppe

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ingegneria deirinformazione, Universita degli Studi di Pisa, Italy

fYear

2005

fDate

21-22 Nov. 2005

Firstpage

58

Lastpage

61

Abstract

In this paper we present a series voltage regulator for long distance passive RFID transponders, operating in the 868/916 MHz and 2.45 GHz ISM frequency ranges. The circuit has been implemented in a 0.35μm BiCMOS technology. Measurements show that the voltage regulator can provide a regulated voltage of 0.6 V, for an output current from 0 to 5 μA, with a quiescent current of only 34 nA, a minimum voltage drop of 30 mV and an output resistance of 100 Ω. Measurements also show a very good PSRR, particularly in DC and at the operating frequency of the tag-reader system, where it is smaller than -58 dB and -54 dB, respectively.

Keywords

BiCMOS integrated circuits; low-power electronics; radiofrequency identification; radiofrequency integrated circuits; transponders; voltage regulators; 0 to 5 muA; 0.35 micron; 0.6 V; 100 ohm; 2.45 GHz; 30 mV; 34 nA; 868 MHz; 916 MHz; BiCMOS technology; passive microwave RFID transponders; tag-reader system; ultra-low-power series voltage regulator; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Current measurement; Electrical resistance measurement; Frequency measurement; Particle measurements; Passive RFID tags; Radiofrequency identification; Regulators; Transponders; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

NORCHIP Conference, 2005. 23rd

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0064-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NORCHP.2005.1596988

Filename

1596988