An isolator-less CMOS RF front-end for UHF mobile RFID reader

Author

Kim, Eun-Hee ; Lee, Kwyro ; Ko, Jinho

Author_Institution

KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea

fYear

2011

fDate

20-24 Feb. 2011

Firstpage

456

Lastpage

458

Abstract

RFID systems are based on backscattering communications, and this encourages research on how to guarantee a reliable RX performance under simultaneous TX/RX operation. To isolate RX from the TX self-jammer, the RFID transceivers are generally accompanied by an off-chip circulator or isolator. This has advantages in selectivity between tag signal and blocker, but it results in a low level of integration and bulky system. In addition, to meet the stringent linearity requirement, the RFID reader needs to adopt a linear PA with sufficient power back-off, which degrades a global efficiency. Considering that battery life time is the critical issue particularly for mobile applications, existing UHF RFID readers are unsuitable for the mobile RFID technology due to their low system efficiency and low integration level.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; mobile communication; radiofrequency identification; RFID systems; RFID transceivers; RX performance; UHF mobile RFID reader; backscattering communications; battery life time; bulky system; isolator-less CMOS RF front-end; linear PA; mobile applications; off-chip circulator; off-chip isolator; power back-off; simultaneous TX/RX operation; stringent linearity requirement; Isolators; Mobile communication; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency identification; Signal to noise ratio; Solid state circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Circuits Conference Digest of Technical Papers (ISSCC), 2011 IEEE International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

0193-6530

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-303-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSCC.2011.5746395

Filename

5746395