A highly efficient UHF RFID frontend approach

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Essel, Jochen ^a   Brenk, Daniel ^a   Heidrich, Juergen ^a   Weigel, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analog frontend; Passive transponder; Radio frequency identification; RFID; Ultra low power

Indexed keywords

ANALOG FRONT-END; ASK DEMODULATORS; BUILDING BLOCKES; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; CURRENT REFERENCE SOURCE; DC POWER CONSUMPTION; HIGH EFFICIENCY; KEY TECHNOLOGIES; LOW POWER; NOVEL CONCEPT; OPERATIONAL RELIABILITY; OUTPUT POWER; PASSIVE RFID; PASSIVE TRANSPONDER; PASSIVE UHF RFID; POWER LIMITING; READING RANGE; SCHOTTKY RECTIFIERS; SUPPLY VOLTAGES; UHF RFID; ULTRA-LOW POWER CONSUMPTION;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY HARVESTING; MICROWAVES; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RADIO NAVIGATION; RADIO WAVES; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SECURITY OF DATA; TRANSPONDERS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 73649102094     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307866     Document Type: Conference Paper

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