• DocumentCode
    2684738
  • Title

    Impedance measurement of a UHF RFID transponder by evaluating the rectified voltage

  • Author

    Heiss, Michael ; Gay, Nicolas ; Fischer, Wolf-Joachim

  • Author_Institution
    Fraunhofer IPMS, Dresden, Germany
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    7-9 Nov. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    A main task in RFID chip design is the determination of its input impedance. Standard methods involving the use of a state-of-the-art network analyzer require expensive equipment. Here a new approach is proposed to determine the impedance by measuring the voltage output of the rectifier stage of an 868 MHz RFID tag. The tag is connected to several antennas with different impedances and for each the voltage after the rectifier is measured. These values are used to determine the input impedance.
  • Keywords
    UHF measurement; electric impedance measurement; network analysers; radiofrequency identification; transponders; voltage measurement; RFID chip design; UHF RFID transponder; frequency 868 MHz; impedance measurement; network analyzer; rectified voltage evaluating; rectifier; voltage output measurement; Impedance matching; Impedance measurement; Microwave measurements; RFID tags;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwaves, Communications, Antennas and Electronics Systems (COMCAS), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Tel Aviv
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1692-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/COMCAS.2011.6105796
  • Filename
    6105796