J4 ›› 2011, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (5): 152-158+164.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-2400.2011.05.025

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Low-power BLF genarator for the UHF RFID tag

TANG Longfei;ZHUANG Yiqi;LIU Weifeng;JIN Zhao   

  1. (Ministry of Education Key Lab. of Wide Band-Gap Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Xidian Univ., Xi'an  710071, China)
  • Received:2010-07-22 Online:2011-10-20 Published:2012-01-14
  • Contact: TANG Longfei E-mail:tanguaner@gmail.com

Abstract:

A novel backscatter link frequency (BLF) generator for UHF RFID transponders which meet the EPCTM Class1 Generation2 protocol is presented. A control signal is generated when the reader sends the Query command. Then this signal controls an integrator generating a reference voltage which makes a relaxation oscillator output a BLF. This BLF can meet the requirements of the Gen2 protocol. The BLF generator is implemented by the TSMC 0.18μm CMOS process. At the end of this paper, measuremental results show that the circuit power consumption is 0.52μW at the 1V operating voltage. As a result, the tag with the proposed circuit can acquire a longer read range and higher read rates.

Key words: UHF RFID, backscatter link frequency, low power

CLC Number: 

  • TN202