A system-on-chip EPC Gen-2 passive UHF RFID tag with embedded temperature sensor

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2404-2420

  Yin, Jun ^a   Yi, Jun ^a   Law, Man Kay ^a   Ling, Yunxiao ^a   Lee, Man Chiu ^a   Ng, Kwok Ping ^a   Gao, Bo ^a   Luong, Howard C ^a   Bermak, Amine ^a   Chan, Mansun ^a   Ki, Wing Hung ^a   Tsui, Chi Ying ^a   Yuen, Matthew ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

clock; energy harvesting; injection locked; low power; passive tag; Radio frequency identification; RFID; system on chip; temperature sensor

Indexed keywords

INJECTION LOCKED; LOW POWER; PASSIVE TAGS; RFID; SYSTEM ON CHIPS;

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC CLOCKS; ERROR COMPENSATION; FREQUENCY BANDS; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; RADIO NAVIGATION; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 78049302565     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2010.2072631     Document Type: Conference Paper

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