Large-Area Electronics HF RFID Reader Array for Object-Detecting Smart Surfaces

Yoni Mehlman; Prakhar Kumar; Murat Ozatay; Sigurd Wagner; James C. Sturm; Naveen Verma

doi:10.1109/LSSC.2019.2902063

Large-Area Electronics HF RFID Reader Array for Object-Detecting Smart Surfaces

Yoni Mehlman, Prakhar Kumar, Murat Ozatay, Sigurd Wagner, James C. Sturm, Naveen Verma

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This letter presents a system that enables identification and localization of objects through an array of RFID-readers integrated into a thin sheet via large-area electronics, for lining everyday surfaces. We demonstrate a 5 × 5 active matrix of RFID readers based on thin-film transistor (TFT) LC oscillators, using in-house fabricated ZnO TFTs. The array is designed to read commercial ISO14443 13.56 MHz tags, employing a tag-talks-first protocol to maximize readout speed for high array frame rate. The spatial resolution is set by the reader coil dimensions, which are 3.7 cm × 3.7 cm, for a maximum of 730 pixels/m². Using a 2.4 cm × 2.4 cm tag the array achieves a vertical read range of 3 cm and lateral range of 1.6 cm at a readout speed of 5 ms per element (set by the commercial tag). Readout is accomplished by sensing the current via the shared V_DD line of the array, in order to reduce interfacing requirements as array size scales. After filtering and amplification, the demodulated data has an amplitude of >350 mV and the maximum power consumed by the reader array is <280 mW.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	8653952
Pages (from-to)	182-185
Number of pages	4
Journal	IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters
Volume	1
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LSSC.2019.2902063
State	Published - Aug 2018

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Cross-coupled LC oscillators
RFID reader array
large-area electronics (LAE)
smart homes
zinc oxide thin film transistors

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