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Battery assisted RFID system command set

US8384523B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateSep 5, 2008
Grant dateFeb 26, 2013
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Expiry dateAug 6, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q2209/88
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Specialized battery assisted command set design methods are disclosed that provide for interference rejection using highly sensitive but relatively broadband RFID tags. The command set design also supports RFID system RF power control for further interference control. The command set design also allows for convenient expansion to active transmitters and receivers in tags operating within the same system. Embodiments of the present invention provide RFID systems having battery-assisted, Semi-Passive RFID tags that operate with sensitive transistor based square law tag receivers utilizing a plurality of tag receiver dynamic range states. Embodiments of the present invention are also enhanced with receiver training and synchronizing methods suited to the high tag sensitivity and need for dynamic range state switching. These enhancements may employ pseudo-random sequence based receiver training, activation signaling, and frame synchronizing. Additional enhancement attained via power leveling methods that optimize the amount of transmitted power and interference from a reader in relation to the sensitivity of the RFID tags, their ranges from the reader, and the unique physics of the bac…

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