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Microwave band booster rectifier circuit, and wireless tag device and wireless tag system employing same

US9379666B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 2011
Grant dateJun 28, 2016
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Expiry dateJun 16, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B1/7163
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In order to implement novel utilization methods, implementation of a low power consumption and high sensitivity RF receiving system is desired. A microwave frequency band stub resonance booster circuit characterized by boosting the amplitude of an RF signal in a passive operation by resonating in series a 0.2 pF to 0.01 pF micro-capacitor element with a λg/2 open stub element to perform impedance conversion of the input RF signal is used. In addition, since a capacitor which has been conventionally inserted in order to repeat charging and discharging of the RF signal by using two diodes becomes useless by putting a DC resonant component of resonant-boosted output into an open state when voltage-doubling and rectifying the resonant-boosted RF signal, rectified output can be obtained and high-sensitivity reception and detection of the RF signal becomes possible without being affected by the capacitor which imparts comparatively large insertion loss.

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