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Table 1 Important figures of merit for RFID tag with hybrid communication scheme in comparison to similar research

From: A UHF/UWB hybrid silicon RFID tag with on–chip antennas

Path

Parameter

This work

Radiom[3]

Kulkarni[16]

Pelissier[25]

Vauche[6]

 

Technology

130 nm

180 nm

180 nm

130 nm

130 nm

 

Die - Size

3.5 mm2

4.5 mm2

>5.4 mm2

4 mm2

0.8 mm2

Downlink

OCA

Yes

Yes

-

Ext. antenna

Ext. antenna

 

f downlink

866 MHz

5.8 GHz

-

900 MHz

900 MHz

 

Receiver

Yes

Yes

-

Yes

UHF and UWB

 

Antenna gain

-

-29.5 dBi ([2])

-

-

0 dBi

 

P downlink

13 dBm

36 dBm

-

14 dBm

36 dBm

 

d downlink

0 mm

75 mm

-

100 mm

10 m

Harvester

Capacitor

3.9 nF

6 nF

-

-

56 pF

Uplink

OCA

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ext. antenna

Ext. antenna

 

f uplink

5.64 GHz

5.8 GHz

8 GHz

7.9 GHz

7.25 GHz (sim)

 

Antenna gain

-41.5 dBi

-

-27.4 dBi

-

- (sim)

 

IR-scheme

4 PPM

OOK / BPSK

BPM

OOK

Localisation (sim)

 

Data rate

126.6 MBit/s

1 MBit/s

750 MBit/s

112.5 Mbit/s

200 Mbit/s (sim)

 

Pulse width

2.6 ns

1 ns

0.5 ns

2.9 ns

0.45 ns (sim)

 

P uplink

-28.2 dBm

-

-42 dBm

-16.6 dBm

-

 

d uplink

5 mm

75 mm

-

100 mm

-

 

Bits per burst

1,248

-

-

-

1 (sim)