A compact low power ASK demodulator for passive UHF RFID tags

Author

Huang Xiaozong ; Liu Zhiwei ; Liu Luncai ; Liu Fan ; Zhu Dongmei ; Huang Wengang

Author_Institution

Sch. of Microelectron. & Solid-State Electron., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China

fYear

2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

A Low power Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK) demodulator circuit for passive UHF Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag is designed in this paper with several area-saving techniques. Current source is employed to realize the envelop detector instead of resistor to reduce the area. Differential circuit is inserted into the demodulator to enhance the performance of demodulation. Diode-connected PMOS pair is used to clamp or average the input signal while the area is saved dramatically. The ASK demodulator is powered by on-chip power of 1.8V with current consumption of less than 0.5μA from the rectifier block. The power supply voltage can be reduced further to save more power.

Keywords

MOS integrated circuits; UHF circuits; amplitude shift keying; demodulators; radiofrequency identification; compact low power ASK demodulator; differential circuit; diode connected PMOS; envelop detector; low power amplitude shift keying; passive UHF RFID tags; rectifier block; resistor; Batteries; Demodulation; Monitoring; RFID tags; Radio frequency; System-on-chip; Amplitude Shift Keying; Area-Saving; Demodulator; Low Power;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits (EDSSC), 2014 IEEE International Conference on

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EDSSC.2014.7061180

Filename

7061180