Low-power 512-bit EEPROM designed for UHF RFID tag chip

ETRI Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 347-354

  Lee, Jae Hyung ^a   Kim, Ji Hong ^b   Lim, Gyu Ho ^b   Kim, Tae Hoon ^a   Lee, Jung Hwan ^b   Park, Kyung Hwan ^c   Park, Mu Hun ^a   Ha, Pan Bong ^a   Kim, Young Hee ^a  

^a Graduate School of Gyeongsang   (South Korea)

^b MagnaChip Semiconductor Ltd   (South Korea)

^c Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Charge pump; Dual power; EEPROM; Low power; Sensing scheme; Tag chip; UHF RFID

Indexed keywords

CHARGE PUMP CIRCUITS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES;

CHARGE PUMP; DUAL POWER; EEPROM; LOW POWER; SENSING SCHEMES; TAG CHIPS; UHF RFID;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

EID: 45949088562     PISSN: 12256463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4218/etrij.08.0107.0154     Document Type: Article

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