• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.16 no.10
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• pp.881-886
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• 2003

This paper describes the design and implementation of a passive transponder chip for RFID applications. Passive transponders do not have their own power supply, and therefore all power required for the operation of a passive transponder must be drawn from the field of the reader. The designed transponder consists of a full wave rectifier to generate a dc supply voltage, a 128-bit mask ROM to store the information, and Manchester coding and load modulation circuits to be used for transmitting the information from the transponder to the reader. The transponder with a size 410 x 900 ${\mu}$m$^2$ has been fabricated using 0.65 ${\mu}$m 2-poly, 2-metal CMOS process. The measurement results show the data transmission rate of 3.9 kbps at RF frequency 125 kHz.

• ETRI Journal
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.969-971
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• 2010

Based on a de-embedding technique, a new method is proposed which is capable of evaluating chip impedance behavior over absorbed power in flip-chip bonded UHF radio frequency identification transponder ICs. For the de-embedding, four compact co-planar test fixtures, an equivalent circuit for the fixtures, and a parameter extraction procedure for the circuit are developed. The fixtures are designed such that the chip can absorb as much power as possible from a power source without radiating appreciable power. Experimental results show that the proposed modeling method is accurate and produces reliable chip impedance values related with absorbed power.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.07f
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• pp.2647-2649
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• 1999

Electric power system is consisted of power supply and power enable circuit. Power supply provides operating voltage with internal chip. Depending on the operating voltage, power enable circuit provides operating signal, PWREN. Because energy is obtained from signal of external station, passive transponder must have the low power consumption. In this paper, the power supply module of the low power transponder is designed and analyzed.

• Annual Conference of KIPS
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.465-468
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• 2000

본 논문에서는 인식코드를 전송할 수 있는 modulator 뿐만 아니라 Reader system으로부터 코드 전송제어 명령어를 수신할 수 있고 향후 EEPROM과 더불어 인식코드를 수정할 수 있는 RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) Transponder 칩 설계에 관한 내용을 다룬다. RFID칩은 배터리를 사용하지 않고 명령어와 함께 형성되는 Field로부터 전원을 생성하고 동시에 코드를 제공하는 Full-Duplex 구조로 설계하였다. Transponder IC는 power-generation 회로, clock generation 회로, digital block, modulator, overvoltage protection 회로로 구성된다. 설계된 칩은 저전력 회로를 적용하여 원거리 transponder칩을 구현할 수 있도록 하였다. 설계된 회로는 $0.6{\mu}m$ 현대 CMOS 공정으로 레이아웃 하였으며 제작중에 있다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2002.07d
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• pp.2572-2573
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• 2002

RF용 칩 설계에 있어서, Transponder에서 사용되는 칩 전원은 Tranceiver로부터 방사되는 RF Power를 고효율 쇼트키 다이오드을 통하여 정류하여 칩 내부에 캐패시터에 저장하여 내부회로의 동작시 충분한 전류를 제공하게된다. 이 분야의 연구는 칩 정류 효율 향상이라는 목표로 고효율 다이오드개발 및 임피던스 매칭방법과 고효율의 안테나 개발과 더불어 활발한 연구가 계속되어져 왔다. 본 논문에서는 Transponder용 전압을 제공해주는 쇼트키다이오드 더블러(Doubler)의 내부노드에 모듈레이션(Modulation) 트랜지스터 및 Transponder로서의 입력버퍼를 설계함에 있어서, 입력버퍼의 입력으로서 안테나로부터 1차 정류된 전압을 사용할 수 있는 방안을 제시한다. 또한 이를 적용하여 개발된 RF ID(Identification Device)칩의 주파수에 따른 특성 및 결과를 고찰토록 한다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.211-219
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• 2001

This paper describes a read-only CMOS transponder IC for RFID applications. A full-wave rectifier implemented using NMOS transistors supplies the transponder with a dc supply voltage using the magnetic field generated from a reader. A 64-bit ROM has been designed for a data memory. Front-end impedance modulation and Manchester coding are used for transmitting the data from the transponder memory to the reader. A new damping circuit which has almost constant damping rate under the variations of the distance between the transponder and the reader has been employed for impedance modulation. The designed circuit has been fabricated using a 0.65${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$2-poly, 2-metal CMOS process. Die area is 0.9mm$\times$0.4mm. Measurement results show that it has a constant damping rate of around 20~25% and a data transmission rate of 3.9kbps at a 125KHz RF carrier. The power required for reading operation is about 100㎼. The measured reading distance is around 7cm.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.389-393
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• 2007

The distribution of donated blood for medical purpose is an area that presents many challenges. In order to establish a comprehensive solution, the current patterns of distribution must be reviewed and problems related to it need to be clearly understood. This paper introduces 'Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) System', as a potential solution to some of the problems which arise in the process of blood supply distribution, and a way to systematically manage the blood supply. For the various possible RFID systems, the reader and tag must be suitable for the purpose of blood distribution. A database has been designed that can recognize tags and objects in a ubiquitous RFID blood distribution system. In this paper, we design the real-time software to control the RFID reader system and transponder, using the EEPROM memory by RFID. The experimental results confirm that the transmission rate of 3.9kbps for RF is 125 KHz. The electric power usage of transponder chip is $100{\mu}W$, with the recognition distance is about 7cm range.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.45 no.10
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• pp.45-52
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• 2008

We investigated the design of an RF-powered, wireless temperature sensor tag chip using $0.18-{\mu}m$ CMOS technology. The transponder generates its own power supply from small incident RF signal using Schottky diodes in voltage multiplier. Ambient temperature is measured using a new low-power temperature-to-voltage converter, and an 8-bit single-slope ADC converts the measured voltage to digital data. ASK demodulator and digital control are combined to identify unique transponder (ID) sent by base station for multi-transponder applications. The measurement of the temperature sensor tag chip showed a resolution of $0.64^{\circ}C/LSB$ in the range from $20^{\circ}C$ to $100^{\circ}C$, which is suitable for environmental temperature monitoring. The chip size is $1.1{\times}0.34mm^2$, and operates at clock frequency of 100 kHz while consuming $64{\mu}W$ power. The temperature sensor required a -11 dBm RF input power, supported a conversion rate of 12.5 k-samples/sec, and a maximum error of $0.5^{\circ}C$.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.317-322
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• 1992

This trial is concerned with practical application of a M. C. that was injected Into the horse's muscle in order to make a effective identification by computer compatible. Following results were obtained through the study of histopathologic changes, migration of M. C. and possible problems about practical application. 1. Muscle romboideus cervicalis(site 'A') was thought to be the best Injection site of M. C. in the horse. 2. There were no the exact interface between the M. C. and surrounding tissue. It seemed to be why the implanted transponder was located in the muscle fascia. 3. No evidence of migration in the tissues was found through the radiographs taken after implantation 4. There were no clinical disorder and interference with racing performance. 5. ID 100 from Trovan, Co. had some advantages comparing with TX 1400 L from Destron, Co. These are, for instance, the long readout distance and the easy application of computer in the field practive.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.57-57
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 RFID를 위한 읽기 전용 CMOS 트랜스폰더를 one-chip으로 설계하였다. 리더에서 공급되는 자기장으로부터 트랜스폰더 칩의 전원을 공급하기 위한 전파정류기를 NMOS 트랜지스터를 사용하여 설계하였으며, 데이터 저장 소자로는 64비트의 ROM을 사용하였다. 메모리에 저장되어 있는 ID 코드는 Manchester 코딩되어 front-end 임피던스 변조 방식으로 리더에 전송된다. 임피던스 변조를 위한 감폭회로로는 리더와 트랜스폰더 사이의 거리가 변해도 일정한 감폭율을 갖는 새로운 감폭회로를 사용하였다. 설계된 회로는 0.65㎛ 2-poly, 2-metal CMOS 공정을 사용하여 IC로 제작되었다. 칩 면적은 0.9㎜×0.4㎜이다. 측정 결과 설계된 트랜스폰더 IC는 인식거리 내에서 약 20∼25%의 일정한 감폭율을 보이며, 125㎑의 RF에 대해 3.9kbps의 데이터 전송속도를 보인다. 트랜스폰더 칩의 전력소모는 읽기 모드시 약 100㎼이다. 인식거리는 약 7㎝이다.