Non-Linear Shunt Regulator With RF Power Detector for RFID Applications (original) (raw)

2020 IEEE International Conference on RFID (RFID), 2020

Abstract

This paper presents a non-linear shunt regulator based on a PWM RF power detector for RFID applications. The shunt regulator is composed of two feedback loops. The first is a fast loop based on a simple RF voltage clamp that guarantees overvoltage protection for the internal circuits. The second is an accurate loop based on a power detector circuit that slowly corrects the first loop errors according to the input RF power. The theoretical formulation of the RF-to-DC conversion in the power detector is presented and compared to a high-level implementation. A small-signal model of the complete shunt regulator was developed to assist in the CMOS circuit design. The regulator is part of a commercial low-frequency RFID transponder. It shows an improvement of 16.7 % in the maximum communication distance of the transponder with the shunt regulator enabled when compared to the previous power limiting approach using only clamping diodes.

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