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A Study on the Forward- and Reverse-Link Interrogation Range of a UHF RFID System

UHF RFID 시스템의 순방향 및 역방향 인식 거리에 관한 연구

  • Jang, Byung-Jun (Department of Electronics Engineering, Kookmin University) ;
  • Park, Jun-Seok (Department of Electronics Engineering, Kookmin University) ;
  • Cho, Hong-Gu (Department of Electronics Engineering, Kookmin University) ;
  • Lim, Jae-Bong (Department of Electronics Engineering, Kookmin University)
  • Published : 2007.11.30
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Abstract

Recently UHF RFID system has drawn a great deal of attention because of its potential to revolutionize supply chain management. An important characterization of the performance of a RFID system is 'interrogation range', which is defined as the maximum distance between a reader and a tag. Forward-link interrogation range is defined as the maximum distance from which the tag receives just enough power to turn on and back-scatter, and reverse-tink interrogation range is the maximum distance from which the reader can detect this back-scattered signal. A link balance has to be found between the two interrogation ranges. In this paper, the interrogation range equations are formulated in both forward-link and reverse-link and a trade-off between the two values is investigated in order to maximize the interrogation range. As a result, it is observed that the gain of the reader antenna, the isolation of the circulator, and the phase noise of the local oscillator with range correlation effect mainly determine the reverse-link interrogation range.

최근 UHF 대역에서 동작하는 RFID 시스템이 활발히 연구되고 있으며, 유통 물류 분야를 시작으로 다양한 분야에서 활용되고 있다. UHF RFID 시스템을 설계하는데 있어 가장 중요한 파라미터가 리더가 태그를 인식할 수 있는 최대 거리로, 이를 인식 거리라 부른다. 인식 거리는 순방향에서는 태그에 전력이 공급되어 역산란할 수 있는 전력이 공급되는지 여부와 역방향에서는 태그에서 역산란된 전력을 리더가 수신할 수 있는지에 따라 결정되며, 두 인식 거리간에 적절한 밸런스가 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 UHF RFID 시스템의 인식 거리에 대한 공식을 순방향과 역방향에 대해 각각 유도하고, 이를 바탕으로 순방향 및 역방향간의 링크 밸런스를 맞추기 위한 조건을 고찰하였다. 분석 결과, 역방향 링크의 경우, 안테나 이득, circulator의 isolation 특성, 국부 발진기의 위상 잡음에서의 range correlation 효과 등이 인식 거리를 결정하는 주요한 파라미터가 됨을 확인할 수 있었다.

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