A fully integrated EPC Gen-2 UHF-Band passive tag IC using an efficient power management technique

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2922-2932

  Lee, Jong Wook ^a   Phan, Ngoc Dang ^a   Vo, Duong Huynh Thai ^a   Duong, Vinh Hao ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Passive RF identification (RFID); system on chip; tag; ultrahigh frequency (UHF)

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DESIGN; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS; SPACE OPTICS; VOLTAGE REGULATORS;

EFFICIENT POWER MANAGEMENTS; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; LOW-DROPOUT REGULATORS; ONE-TIME PROGRAMMABLE MEMORY; RF IDENTIFICATIONS; SYSTEM ON CHIPS; TAG; ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

EID: 84891810451     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2013.2278519     Document Type: Article

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