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The 13.56 MHz analog front-end circuit for ISO/IEC 15693-compatible radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder IC presented in this paper converts RF power to DC and extracts clock and data from the interrogator by 10% or 100% ASK modulation. The transponder sends data back to the interrogator by load modulation technology. The electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuits function to limit RF voltage to a safe level. An inductive coupling simulation modelling for 13.56 MHz RFID system is presented, with simulation results showing that the transponder operates over a wide range of electromagnetic field strength from H min (150 mA/m) to H max (5 A/m). The transponder IC is implemented in SMIC 0.35-μm three-metal two-poly mixed signal CMOS technology with embedded EEPROM.
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Liu, Ds., Zou, Xc., Yang, Qp. et al. An analog front-end circuit for ISO/IEC 15693-compatible RFID transponder IC. J. Zhejiang Univ. - Sci. A 7, 1765–1771 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.2006.A1765
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.2006.A1765