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RF ID tag device

US8179263B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 21, 2005
Grant dateMay 15, 2012
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Expiry dateMar 23, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S7/023
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention aims to overcome the drawback with conventional RFID tag devices having a short communication range, and expand the communication range to several times or more that in the conventional scheme. The conventional scheme is based on equilibrium feeding/equilibrium modulation (a two-terminal circuit for antenna operation), whereas the present invention is based on disequilibrium feeding/equilibrium modulation (a three-terminal circuit for antenna operation). The conventional scheme is based on simple rectification of received RF signals, whereas the present invention employs a circuit based on a combination of a stub resonance-based, impedance transformation boosting scheme and a ladder boosting scheme. The conventional scheme is based on ASK or BPSK modulation, whereas the present invention is based on passive modulation, but can employ a QPSK modulation circuit.

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