Transcript Chip tag

Chip tag
A radio-frequency identification system uses tags readers send a
signal to the tag and read its response
RFID tags can be either passive active or battery-assisted passive
A passive tag is cheaper and smaller because it has no battery
The RFID tag receives the message and then responds with its
identification and other information.
Passive radio frequency identification (RFID) is an automatic
wireless
data collection technology where RFID reader transmits a
modulated
RF signal to the RFID tag which consists of an antenna and an
integrated circuit chip
The chip receives power from the antenna and responds by
varying its input impedance and thus modulating the
backscattered signal with data.
In order to achieve optimum operating
condition
the antenna impedance should be matched correctly to the chip
impedance that is known to change with the received power
on the chip as well as with frequency
• When both chip impedance and antenna impedance
arecomplex, calculatingan accurate power reflection
coefficient for tag antenna design is challenging process
chip supplied constant values of chip impedances for the three
center frequencies that correspond to the primary regional
frequencies of operation: Europe (866.5 MHz), North
America (915 MHz), and Asia (953 MHz)
RFID Tags consist of an antenna and a microchip and the tags
get all the energy for functioning from the electromagnetic
radiation emitted by the reader through a rectifier, a voltage
multiplier and a voltage modulator inside the microchip
The tag sends the information backto the reader by switching
between two states: One is matched to the antenna and
another one is strongly mismatched
RFID TAG ANTENNA IMPEDANCE MATCHING
The goal of tag antenna designer is to design an antenna that could
increase the maximum detection range of the RFID system
there are not many antenna parameters that one could use to improve
the performance of the tag antenna
the omni-directional property of the antenna. As a result, design of a
good tag antenna comes down to the enhancement of the
reflection coefficient
the antenna input impedance should be equal to the complex
conjugate of the chip impedance.
, the impedance of the microchip is not a constant value and it is a
function of both frequency and the received power by the chip
The antenna should be conjugate matched to the minimum
operational power chip impedance to maximize the tag read range
The maximum read range is an important parameter for RFID tag
designs. Based on the backscattering theory
The maximum read range can be computed from the tag antenna
impedance obtained from commercial EM software such as HFSS
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tag is a small piece of material,
composed of components
• a small antenna
• a wireless “transducer
which may also be linked to a single silicon microchip unit containing
memory storage
Passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tag has no power source no
on-tag transmitter built onto it which gives a range of less than 10-metres
and makes it sensitive to regulatory and environmental constraints
Passive tags are generally the lowest in cost suitable for use in large
inventories of books and other library media
With passive tags, the RFID reader transmits an energy field that
activates the tag and powers its chip, enabling it to transmit or store data
Active Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tag has both an on-tag
power source and an active transmitter
Active tags are connected to their own battery. They can be read at much
higher ranges, up to several kilometres away. However, they are larger
and more expensive thanpassive tags
Active tags may be programmed to transmit signals, so that data may be
captured by multiple readers and distributed
throughout a facility
Read-Only Chip refers to a chip that can be implanted within an
RFID tag that has an identification code recorded at the time of
manufacture or when allocated to an object.
Read-only tags are therefore much cheaper and are typically used
in passive tags
Readers have antennas that are used to emit radio waves
. The RF energy from the reader antenna is “harvested” by the tag
antenna and used to power the tag microchip to reflect back its
signal back to the reader
The structure of the tag antenna should
•low cost
•small in size
•good impedance matching
•and insensitive to the attached objects to keep performance
consistent
passive RFID system operates in the following way
RFID reader transmits a modulated RF signal to the RFID tag consisting
of an antenna and an integrated circuit chip.
The chip receives power from the antenna and responds by varying its
input impedance and thus modulating the backscattered signal
One of the tag antenna’s essential functions is to harvest energy from a
reader to powerthe tag chip
nothing happens until you get power to the tag! And that begins with
the right tag chip
RFID can store a large amount of information, and physically locate the
objects by tags
Read-Write Chip refers to a chip, implanted within an RFID tag that can
have its memory changed, or written to, many times. Because they
enable their ID codes to be changed, readwrite chips offer greater
functions but at a greater cost
RFID tags using this technology can be read regardless of the material
they are on
What is the difference between Passive and Active RFID solutions ?
passive RFID tags work on the basis that they absorb the power
from the reader and use this to empower the microchip and re-emit a
signal.
Active tags contain abattery, which powers the chip and transmits to the
interrogator.
As a consequence passive technology tends to be significantly lower cost
but restrITed to modest read distances, whereas active solutions are
capable of reading over hundreds of meters
Dead Tag: An RFID tag that cannot be read by a reader
Antenna
the conductive element to send and receive tag data. Passive lowfrequency tags (135 kHz)
The three main points of design RFID tag antenna is
• the size of the tag antenna,
• impedance matching between tag antenna and chip,
•the environmental factor of the tag antenna performance
tag antenna and chip need impedance matching design, in order to
effectively improve the energy extracted from the electromagnetic
field and increase the operating range (or reading distance)
The RFID tag part can also be subdivided into two parts, antenna and tag
chip.
Each tag contains a unique identification code to identify the
attached objects
When the tag receives the RF signal from the reader, the tag will
"wake up", and according to instructions of the reader to
complete the corresponding action, and then send stored target
information back to the reader.
The storage unit of the tag can be repeatedlyread and written
more than 10,000 times
Communication through coupling
There are two common types
capacitive (electrostatic) coupling and inductive (magnetic)
coupling.