Cooperative integration of harvesting sections for passive RFID communication

Gianfranco Andia Vera; Apostolos Georgiadis; Yvan Duroc; Smail Tedjini

doi:10.1109/MWSYM.2015.7166992

Cooperative integration of harvesting sections for passive RFID communication

Gianfranco Andia Vera^*, Apostolos Georgiadis, Yvan Duroc, Smail Tedjini

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Abstract

This paper considers the integration of three attractive concepts: Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting (EEH), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) communication, and exploiting the non-linear characteristic of RF devices. An EEH circuit is integrated with a passive RFID tag profiting from three nonlinear phenomena of rectifying elements: (1) the impedance power dependency, (2) the harmonic production, and (3) the RF waveform dependency. The harmonic signals generated by the rectifier section of a commercial 868 MHz RFID chip, and additionally an external modulated signal at the 2.4 GHz ISM band are harvested by rectifier circuit and are used to supply the RFID chip with additional dc energy in order to increase its sensitivity. A prototype is tested and experimental results show the cooperative effect by maximizing the RF-to-dc conversion efficiency of the EEH section (from 40 % to 64 %) and simultaneously enhancing the sensitivity of the RFID chip by 7.2 dB.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2015 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS)
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4799-8275-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MWSYM.2015.7166992
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	2015 IEEE MTT International Microwave Symposium - Phoenix, AZ, United States Duration: 17 May 2015 → 22 May 2015

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Conference	2015 IEEE MTT International Microwave Symposium
Abbreviated title	IMS 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Phoenix, AZ
Period	17/05/15 → 22/05/15

Keywords

RFID
UHF passive tags
sensor
non-linearity
harmonics
rectifier
harmonic balance
wireless power transfer

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