Low Power Demodulator Design for RFID Applications

Power consumption is a key issue in today's digital and analog design for various portable devices. Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a technology which requires very low power and it uses electromagnetic waves in the radio frequency to transmit the ID of objects. It has a broad range of uses although inventory management and tracking are the most common. A low power demodulator, part of a RFID transponder operating in the 900 MHz range, is presented using sub-threshold design. Using this technique and working with 90 nm complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology, the circuit can operate with a supply voltage as low as 0.3 V, consuming a very small amount of power compared to other demodulators in the literature, making it suitable for ultra-low power applications.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.Sc.

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Grantor

University of Windsor

Year dc:date.issued

2012

Author dc:creator

• Mendizabal, Mario

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Chen, Chunhong

Licence

• http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en_CA

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14776/862

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:uwindsor.scholaris.ca:20.500.14776/862