RFID verifier
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14. An RFID tag verification method, comprising:
- interrogating an RFID tag with an interrogating RF signal;
ramp-modulating the interrogating RF signal; and
varying a slope for the ramp modulation to determine a first measure of quality for the RFID tag.
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Abstract
An RFID verifier is configured to vary a slope for a ramp-modulated interrogating signal to determine the slope at which an interrogated RFID tag no longer responds to the interrogating signal. In this fashion, the RFID verifier may obtain a measure of quality for the interrogated RFID tag with respect to the tag'"'"'s ability to decode ramp-modulated signals.
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14. An RFID tag verification method, comprising:
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interrogating an RFID tag with an interrogating RF signal;
ramp-modulating the interrogating RF signal; and
varying a slope for the ramp modulation to determine a first measure of quality for the RFID tag. - View Dependent Claims (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17)
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16-1. The method of claim 14, further comprising comparing the measured powers at the plurality of locations to determine an optimal location for an RFID reader.
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17-2. The method of claim 16, further comprising:
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interrogating a second RFID tag with a second interrogating RF signal from the optimal location;
measuring the power of the second interrogating RF signal;
receiving a second modulated RF signal from the interrogated second RFID tag;
measuring the power of the received second modulated RF signal; and
comparing the measured powers of the received second modulated signal and the second interrogating RF signal to provide a measure of quality for the interrogated second RFID tag.
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18. An RFID verifier, comprising:
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a transceiver operable to interrogate with an interrogating signal an RFID tag and to receive a resulting backscattered signal from the interrogated RFID tag;
means for measuring the interrogating signal power;
means for measuring the signal power from the interrogated RFID tag;
means for comparing the measured interrogating signal power and RFID tag signal power to obtain a first measure of quality for the interrogated RFID tag; and
means for varying a ramp modulation for the interrogating signal power to obtain a second measure of quality of the interrogated RFID tag. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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