A novel reader architecture based on UWB chirp signal interrogation for multiresonator-based chipless RFID tag reading

Randika Vishwajith Koswatta, Nemai Chandra Karmakar

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Abstract

A very low-cost RFID reader architecture comprised of a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), a mixer, and a low-pass filter (LPF) for reading an ultra-wideband chipless RFID tag is proposed. The VCO generates a linear chirp (swept) frequency interrogation signal. The reader, which is a coherent frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar, interrogates a tag and decodes the tag s identification data in both amplitude and phase information. A signal-processing technique based on Hilbert transform (HT) is used and accurate detection of a 9-b tag is achieved. The new reader needs only one VCO and does not need any calibration tag to decode data as needed for its predecessors.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2925 - 2933
Number of pages9
JournalIEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
Volume60
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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