An EPC Gen 2 compatible passive/semi-active UHF RFID transponder with embedded FeRAM and temperature sensor

Author

Kim, Shiho ; Cho, Jung-Hyun ; Kim, Hyun-Sik ; Kim, Haksoo ; Kang, Hee-Bok ; Hong, Suk-Kyung

Author_Institution

Chungbuk Nat. Univ., Cheongju

fYear

2007

fDate

12-14 Nov. 2007

Firstpage

135

Lastpage

138

Abstract

A fully integrated passive and battery powered semi-active UHF RFID transponder chip supporting EPC Gen 2 protocol is presented. The proposed transponder works as a passive RFID tag when the generated RF-power is sufficient to operate, otherwise it operates in semi-active mode using battery power. The chip has re-writeable non-volatile memory bank formed by FeRAM and on-chip temperature sensor. The memory consists of EPC memory bank for EPC functionality and temperature bank for storing sensed data. The standby current in semi-active is about 0.5 muA, the lifetime in semi-active mode is in excess of 2 year with a 10 mA-hr thin film battery.

Keywords

ferroelectric storage; protocols; radiofrequency identification; random-access storage; temperature sensors; thin film devices; transponders; EPC Gen 2 protocol; EPC memory bank; FeRAM; battery power; passive RFID tag; passive UHF RFID transponder; re-writeable nonvolatile memory bank; semi-active UHF RFID transponder chip; temperature sensor; thin film battery; Batteries; Ferroelectric films; Nonvolatile memory; Passive RFID tags; Power generation; Protocols; Radiofrequency identification; Random access memory; Temperature sensors; Transponders;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2007. ASSCC '07. IEEE Asian

Conference_Location

Jeju

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1359-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1360-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASSCC.2007.4425750

Filename

4425750