학술논문

UHF RFID Reader Sensitivity Requirements Due to Poor Tag Matching
Document Type
Conference
Source
2022 IEEE 12th International Conference on RFID Technology and Applications (RFID-TA) RFID Technology and Applications (RFID-TA), 2022 IEEE 12th International Conference on. :90-93 Sep, 2022
Subject
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
General Topics for Engineers
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Signal Processing and Analysis
Integrated circuits
Analytical models
Sensitivity
Power demand
Downlink
Impedance
Uplink
RFID tags
Radio-frequency identification
UHF antennas
UHF propagation
Language
Abstract
Passive ultra-high frequency (UHF) RFID systems are conventionally assumed to be downlink limited due to the relatively high power consumption of a tag’s integrated circuit (IC). In this work, it is demonstrated that under certain conditions, tags’ uplink/downlink losses become significantly asymmetrical, causing tens of decibels more loss in the uplink, thus making the system uplink limited. Our study reveals the necessity of developing RFID readers with higher sensitivity. It is shown that in extreme cases, the uplink loss can be 40 dB greater than in the downlink.