RFID tag modification for full depth backscatter modulation
First Claim
1. A modulated backscatter radio frequency identification device comprising:
- a diode detector configured to provide a data signal as a result of electromagnetic energy received by the radio frequency identification device and to selectively modulate a reply signal onto an incoming continuous wave;
communications circuitry configured to process the data signal and to provide a modulation control signal to the diode detector, the diode detector being configured to modulate the reply signal in response to the modulation control signal; and
circuitry configured to increase impedance change at the diode detector which would otherwise not occur because the diode detector rectifies the incoming continuous wave while modulating the reply signal, whereby reducing the rectified signal increases modulation depth by removing the reverse bias effects on impedance changes.
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Abstract
A modulated backscatter radio frequency identification device includes a diode detector configured to selectively modulate a reply signal onto an incoming continuous wave; communications circuitry configured to provide a modulation control signal to the diode detector, the diode detector being configured to modulate the reply signal in response to be modulation control signal; and circuitry configured to increase impedance change at the diode detector which would otherwise not occur because the diode detector rectifies the incoming continuous wave while modulating the reply signal, whereby reducing the rectified signal increases modulation depth by removing the reverse bias effects on impedance changes. Methods of improving depth of modulation in a modulated backscatter radio frequency identification device are also provided.
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26 Claims
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1. A modulated backscatter radio frequency identification device comprising:
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a diode detector configured to provide a data signal as a result of electromagnetic energy received by the radio frequency identification device and to selectively modulate a reply signal onto an incoming continuous wave; communications circuitry configured to process the data signal and to provide a modulation control signal to the diode detector, the diode detector being configured to modulate the reply signal in response to the modulation control signal; and circuitry configured to increase impedance change at the diode detector which would otherwise not occur because the diode detector rectifies the incoming continuous wave while modulating the reply signal, whereby reducing the rectified signal increases modulation depth by removing the reverse bias effects on impedance changes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of improving depth of modulation in a modulated backscatter radio frequency identification device including a diode detector configured to selectively modulate a reply signal onto an incoming continuous wave and communications circuitry configured to provide a modulation control signal to the diode detector, the diode detector being configured to modulate the reply signal in response to the modulation control signal, the method comprising:
increasing impedance change at the diode detector which would otherwise not occur because the diode detector rectifies the incoming continuous wave while modulating the reply signal, whereby reducing the rectified signal increases modulation depth by removing the reverse bias effects on impedance changes. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A modulated backscatter radio frequency identification device comprising:
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an antenna; a diode detector coupled to the antenna and configured to receive radio frequency data from a reader and to reply to the reader by modulating a reply signal onto an incoming continuous wave from the reader, the diode detector having an output and an input; communications circuitry including a processor having a digital input and having a modulation control output configured to provide a modulation control signal to the diode detector, the diode detector being configured to modulate the reply signal in response to be modulation control signal; front end circuitry coupled between the diode detector and the communications circuitry, the front end circuitry including a comparator having an output coupled to the digital input of the processor, having a positive input coupled to the output of the diode detector, and having a negative input, the front end circuitry further including a capacitor coupled between the negative input and ground, and the front end circuitry further including circuitry configured to selectively short the capacitor. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A modulated backscatter radio frequency identification device comprising:
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an antenna; a diode detector coupled to the antenna and configured to receive radio frequency data from a reader and to reply to the reader by modulating a reply signal onto an incoming continuous wave from the reader, the diode detector having an output and an input; communications circuitry including a processor having a digital input and having a modulation control output configured to provide a modulation control signal to the diode detector, the diode detector being configured to modulate the reply signal in response to be modulation control signal; front end circuitry coupled between the diode detector and the communications circuitry, the front end circuitry including circuitry configured to reject spurious radio frequency signals having an output coupled to the digital input of the processor, having a first input coupled to the output of the diode detector, and having a second input, the front end circuitry further including a capacitor coupled between the second input and ground, and the front end circuitry further including a transistor having a control electrode coupled to the modulation control output, having a first power electrode coupled to the second input, and having a second power electrode coupled to ground. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 26)
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24. A modulated backscatter radio frequency identification device comprising:
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an antenna; a diode detector coupled to the antenna and configured to receive radio frequency data from a reader and to reply to the reader by modulating a reply signal onto an incoming continuous wave from the reader, the diode detector having an output and an input; communications circuitry including a processor having a digital input and having a modulation control output configured to provide a modulation control signal to the diode detector, the diode detector being configured to modulate the reply signal in response to be modulation control signal; front end circuitry coupled between the diode detector and the communications circuitry, the front end circuitry including a comparator having an output coupled to the digital input of the processor, having a positive input coupled to the output of the diode detector, and having a negative input, the front end circuitry further including a capacitor coupled between the negative input and ground, and the front end circuitry further including a transistor having a control electrode coupled to the modulation control output, having a first power electrode coupled to the negative input, and having a second power electrode coupled to ground. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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