Passive RFID tag with embedded sensor interface

    公开(公告)号:US11423275B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-23

    申请号:US17114362

    申请日:2020-12-07

    Inventor: Bo Wang

    Abstract: A CMOS analog sensor interface circuit embedded in a passive RFID platform can provide accurate data conversion from analog signals to their digital representations. This interface can also utilize the RFID platform to achieve wireless data transmission. The disclosed sensor interface circuit includes signal filtering, signal amplification, as well as signal digitization. These circuits are all designed under the constraints of low-power operation on a noisy silicon substrate. By using the disclosed circuit design, fully passive wireless sensing network that can integrate with heterogeneous sensors (resistance, voltage, current types) can be designed. The advantages of low-cost, small feature size, and the ability to interface with analog sensors can enable large-scale deployment of such kind of RFIDs, both for consumer electronics like in-door monitoring and industrial sensing applications like the grid, electric vehicle, motor, and other critical infrastructures.

    COMPLEMENTARY METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR TEMPERATURE SENSOR WITH WIDE-RANGE SENSING CAPABILITY AND HIGH ENERGY-EFFICIENCY

    公开(公告)号:US20230392991A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-07

    申请号:US18204611

    申请日:2023-06-01

    Inventor: Bo Wang

    CPC classification number: G01K7/015 H03M1/1245 H03M1/1014

    Abstract: A complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) temperature sensor with wide-range sensing capability and high energy-efficiency is provided by a device, having: a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) core; an Analog to Digital Converter (ADC); a digital controller; and an amplifier configured to receive a selection signal from the digital controller to provide a voltage differential from the BJT core to the ADC at one of a first gain or a second gain, different from the first gain based on a temperature sensed by the BJT core. Additionally, a method of operation thereof is provided that includes: calibrating first and second gains associated with respective first and second temperature ranges for a temperature sensor at a shared temperature; determining whether a reading temperature for the temperature sensor is within the first or second temperature range; and applying one gain based on which temperature range the reading temperature is within.

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