Dual frequency HF-UHF identification device

• US 10,361,593 B2
• Filed: 02/25/2016
• Issued: 07/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: EM Microelectronic - Marin SA (The Swatch Group AG)
• Original Assignee: EM Microelectronic - Marin SA (The Swatch Group AG)
• Inventors: Kolman, Jiri, Stojanovic, Goran, Lazar, Catalin, Sacksteder, Frederic
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Sibin
• Application Number:
  US15/053,042
• Publication Number:
  US 20160268850A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,244 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07749 the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07786 the antenna being of the HF type, such as a dipole
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/20 using microwaves or radio frequency waves

Abstract

The Dual frequency HF-UHF identification device comprises a RFID integrated circuit with a power supply having a HF part, formed by a HF rectifier connected to a HF antenna, and a UHF part formed by a UHF rectifier connected to a UHF antenna. The RFID integrated circuit comprises a storage capacitor common to the HF and UHF parts of the power supply. The HF rectifier output and the UHF rectifier output are both continuously connected to the supply terminal of the common storage capacitor. Further, the supply terminal of the common storage capacitor is connected, on the one hand, to the output of the HF rectifier through a diode arranged so as to block a current from said supply terminal to the HF rectifier output and, on the other hand, directly to the output of the UHF rectifier formed by a charge pump.

Claims

1. A dual frequency HF-UHF RFID integrated circuit comprising:

a power supply having a HF part formed by a HF rectifier, the HF rectifier having two input terminals to be connected to two terminals of a resonance circuit formed by a HF antenna-coil and a resonance capacitor connected in parallel, the resonance circuit receiving HF fields and providing alternatively positive and negative voltages to the input terminals of the HF rectifier, and a UHF part comprising a UHF rectifier formed by a charge pump to be connected to a UHF antenna; and

a storage capacitor common to the HF and UHF parts of the power supply, wherein

the HF rectifier output and the UHF rectifier output are both continuously connected to the supply terminal of the common storage capacitor, and

the supply terminal of the common storage capacitor is connected to the output of the HF rectifier through a diode arranged to block a current from the supply terminal to the HF rectifier output.

2. The dual frequency HF-UHF RFID integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein

the supply terminal of the common storage capacitor is directly connected to the output of the UHF rectifier.

3. A dual frequency HF-UHF identification device comprising:

the dual frequency HF-UHF RFID integrated circuit according to claim 2;

the resonance circuit formed by the HF antenna-coil and the resonance capacitor connected to the HF rectifier of the dual frequency HF-UHF RFID integrated circuit according to claim 2; and

the UHF antenna connected to the UHF rectifier of the dual frequency HF-UHF RFID integrated circuit according to claim 2.

4. The dual frequency HF-UHF RFID integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein

a resistor for limiting a current provided by the HF rectifier is arranged between the output of the HF rectifier and the supply terminal.

5. A dual frequency HF-UHF identification device comprising:

the dual frequency HF-UHF RFID integrated circuit according to claim 4;

the resonance circuit formed by the HF antenna-coil and the resonance capacitor connected to the HF rectifier of the dual frequency HF-UHF RFID integrated circuit according to claim 4; and

the UHF antenna connected to the UHF rectifier of the dual frequency HF-UHF RFID integrated circuit according to claim 4.

6. The dual frequency HF-UHF RFID integrated circuit according to claim 4, wherein

the supply terminal of the storage capacitor is further connected to a shunt voltage regulator.

7. A dual frequency HF-UHF identification device comprising:

the dual frequency HF-UHF RFID integrated circuit according to claim 6;

the resonance circuit formed by the HF antenna-coil and the resonance capacitor connected to the HF rectifier of the dual frequency HF-UHF RFID integrated circuit according to claim 6; and

the UHF antenna connected to the UHF rectifier of the dual frequency HF-UHF RFID integrated circuit according to claim 6.

8. A dual frequency HF-UHF identification device comprising:

the dual frequency HF-UHF RFID integrated circuit according to claim 1;

the resonance circuit formed by the HF antenna-coil and the resonance capacitor connected to the HF rectifier of the dual frequency HF-UHF RFID integrated circuit according to claim 1; and

the UHF antenna connected to the UHF rectifier of the dual frequency HF-UHF RFID integrated circuit according to claim 1.