RFID system with RF bus
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1. A radio frequency identification (RFID) system comprises:
- an RFID reader including;
a reader processing module to encode outbound RFID data to produce outbound RFID encoded data and to decode inbound RFID encoded data to produce inbound RFID data;
an RFID transceiver coupled to convert the outbound RFID encoded data into an outbound RF RFID signal and to convert an inbound RF RFID signal into the inbound RFID encoded data; and
a reader radio frequency (RF) bus transceiver;
an RFID tag including;
a power recovery module coupled to produce a supply voltage from the outbound RF RFID signal and to produce a received RF RFID signal;
a tag processing module coupled to recover the outbound RFID data from the received RF RFID signal and to generate tag RFID data; and
transmit section coupled to convert the tag RFID data into the inbound RF RFID signal;
a network connection module coupled to provide connection to a network, wherein the network connection module includes a network connection RF bus transcevier, wherein the reader RF bus transceiver exchanges at least one of the inbound RFID data and the outbound RFID data with the network RF bus transceiver via an RF bus.
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Abstract
A radio frequency identification (RFID) system includes an RFID reader, an RFID tag, and a network connection module. The RFID reader includes a reader radio frequency (RF) bus transceiver. The network connection module includes a network connection RF bus transcevier, wherein the reader RF bus transceiver exchanges at least one of inbound RFID data and outbound RFID data with the network RF bus transceiver via an RF bus.
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18 Claims
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1. A radio frequency identification (RFID) system comprises:
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an RFID reader including; a reader processing module to encode outbound RFID data to produce outbound RFID encoded data and to decode inbound RFID encoded data to produce inbound RFID data; an RFID transceiver coupled to convert the outbound RFID encoded data into an outbound RF RFID signal and to convert an inbound RF RFID signal into the inbound RFID encoded data; and a reader radio frequency (RF) bus transceiver; an RFID tag including; a power recovery module coupled to produce a supply voltage from the outbound RF RFID signal and to produce a received RF RFID signal; a tag processing module coupled to recover the outbound RFID data from the received RF RFID signal and to generate tag RFID data; and transmit section coupled to convert the tag RFID data into the inbound RF RFID signal; a network connection module coupled to provide connection to a network, wherein the network connection module includes a network connection RF bus transcevier, wherein the reader RF bus transceiver exchanges at least one of the inbound RFID data and the outbound RFID data with the network RF bus transceiver via an RF bus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An radio frequency identification (RFID) reader comprises:
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a processing module coupled to; encode outbound RF bus data to produce outbound RF bus encoded data; decode inbound RF bus encoded data to produce inbound RF bus data; encode tag inquiry data to produce encoded tag inquiry data; and decode encoded tag response data to produce tag response data; a transmitter section coupled to; convert the outbound RF bus encoded data into an outbound RF bus signal; and convert the encoded tag inquiry data into an outbound RF tag inquiry signal; and a receiver section coupled to; convert an inbound RF bus signal into the inbound RF bus encoded data; convert an inbound RF tag response signal into the encoded tag response data. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A 60 GHz radio frequency identification (RFID) tag integrated circuit (IC) comprises:
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an antenna structure on a die, wherein the antenna structure is sized for operation in a 60 GHz frequency band; a power recovery circuit on the die, wherein the power recovery circuit converts a radio frequency (RF) signal received via the antenna structure into a supply voltage; an oscillation module on the die and powered by the supply voltage, wherein the oscillation module produces an oscillation having a frequency approximately equal to a carrier frequency of the RF signal; a data recovery module on the die and powered by the supply voltage, wherein the data recovery module is clocked via the oscillation to recover data from the RF signal; a processing module on the die and powered by the supply voltage, wherein the processing module processes the recovered data and, when indicated within the recovered data, generates RFID tag response data; and transmitting circuit on the die and powered by the supply voltage, wherein the transmitting circuit provides the RFID tag response data to the antenna structure for transmission as an RF RFID response signal. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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