R.F. energy collection circuit for wireless devices
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1. An extended range passive RFID transponder with an R.F. energy collection circuit, comprising:
- a first narrow conductance band antenna forming an interrogator receive antenna and in electrical communication with the gate electrode of a transistor switch,wherein the first narrow conductance band antenna comprises a folded dipole that is resonant at a frequency or frequencies that match the frequency or frequencies of an interrogator signal for the RFID transponder, providing −
30 dB or better signal isolation from RF frequencies that do not match the frequency or frequencies of the interrogator signal,an ID transmission circuit;
an R.F. energy collection circuit, comprising;
a low-loss R.F. front end including a folded dipole antenna tuned to minimize lost power in two or more R.F. bands commonly used for communications for passing substantially coherent R.F. signals received therefrom;
wherein the low-loss R.F. front end comprises low-resistivity alloys or noble metals embedded in a composite material having an effective permittivity that varies 5×
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a rectifier circuit coupled to receive coherent R.F. energy from the front end; and
an energy storage circuit coupled to receive energy from the rectifier circuit and coupled to provide energy to the ID transmission circuit in response to an interrogation signal received by the first narrow conductance band antenna.
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Abstract
An R.F. energy collection circuit, provides a low-loss R.F. front end tuned to minimize lost power in R.F. bands commonly used for communications for passing substantially coherent R.F. signals received therefrom, a rectifier circuit coupled to receive coherent R.F. energy from the front end, and an energy storage circuit coupled to receive energy from the rectifier circuit.
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1. An extended range passive RFID transponder with an R.F. energy collection circuit, comprising:
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a first narrow conductance band antenna forming an interrogator receive antenna and in electrical communication with the gate electrode of a transistor switch, wherein the first narrow conductance band antenna comprises a folded dipole that is resonant at a frequency or frequencies that match the frequency or frequencies of an interrogator signal for the RFID transponder, providing −
30 dB or better signal isolation from RF frequencies that do not match the frequency or frequencies of the interrogator signal,an ID transmission circuit; an R.F. energy collection circuit, comprising; a low-loss R.F. front end including a folded dipole antenna tuned to minimize lost power in two or more R.F. bands commonly used for communications for passing substantially coherent R.F. signals received therefrom; wherein the low-loss R.F. front end comprises low-resistivity alloys or noble metals embedded in a composite material having an effective permittivity that varies 5×
10−
2°
C.−
1;a rectifier circuit coupled to receive coherent R.F. energy from the front end; and an energy storage circuit coupled to receive energy from the rectifier circuit and coupled to provide energy to the ID transmission circuit in response to an interrogation signal received by the first narrow conductance band antenna. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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Current AssigneeL. Pierre De Rochemont
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Original AssigneeL. Pierre De Rochemont
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Inventorsde Rochemont, L. Pierre
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Primary Examiner(s)Lee, Benjamin C
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Assistant Examiner(s)CARLSON, ADAM C
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Application NumberUS12/818,025Time in Patent Office1,657 DaysField of Search340 101- 104, 343/803US Class Current340/10.4CPC Class CodesG06K 19/07786 the antenna being of the HF...H01Q 1/2225 used in active tags, i.e. p...H01Q 9/16 with feed intermediate betw...H01Q 9/26 with folded element or elem...H02J 50/001 Energy harvesting or scaven...H02J 50/27 characterised by the type o...H04Q 2213/13095 PIN / Access code, authenti...
