Index

A, B

AC/DC conversion

air interface protocol

Alien

amplitude modulation

antenna

AK Tag

ASK

attenuation coefficient

backscattering

back scattering modulation

bandgap

bandpass filter

bandwidth

battery-assisted passive

bonding pad

business-to-business (B2B)

business-to-consumer (B2C)

C

capacitance

capacitive loading

cells

center-fed dipole

charge-pump

chip

circuit model

clamping circuit

closed-loop system

CMOS

common-mode voltage

conducting losses

consumption

control logic

conversion

coupling capacitor

cross-coupled differential drive

current distribution

D

demodulator

Dickson multiplier

dielectric

differential structure

digital calibration

diode

diode-connected MOS

dipole

doubler

double-tune matching

drop voltage

dual-band

dynamic power consumption

E, F

edge detection

EEPROM

effective area

effective RCS σ′′_{e s}

electrical length

electrostatic discharge

embedded RFID

energy-scavenging

envelope

far-field

fat antennas

feedback stage

FeRAM

FM0

Friis equation

front-end

full-wave

G, H, I

gaps

half-duplex mode

half-wave dipole

half-wave

hysteresis comparator

IC impedance

inductance

inductively coupled feed

ink printing

input

integrated circuits

inverted-F

item-level RFID

item visibility

J, K, L, M

junction capacitance

King’s loop

leakage current

limiter

L-match

L-matching

loop antenna

loop

loss

lossy antenna

matching conditions

matching factor

MDA

meander height

meandered dipoles

meanders

measuring ΔRCS

merit

metallic

micropower

Miller

multistage

modulator

mutual inductance

N, O

narrowband antennas

near-field

non-volatile memory (NVM)

offset feeding

operating threshold

optimum double-tuned match

oscillator

output capacitor

P, Q

package capacitances

paper substrate

parallel

passive

peak diode current

PET

polarization

power reflected/scattered/reradiated by the transponder

power reradiated.

power

process

PSK

pulsed current

Q-factor

R

radiated power

radiation

reactance

radar cross section (RCS)

read-range.

reader talk first (RTF)

return on investment (ROI)

rectangular loop

rectifier circuit

reflection coefficient

regulator

resonance

reradiated scattered power

retail

reverse current

RFID

RFID for bottles

RFID for bras

RFID for shoes

RFID for supply chain

ripple

RLC circuit

S, T

saturation current

Schottky

Schottky barrier diode (SBD)

self-inductance

seamless RFID infrastructure

sensitivity

series resonant circuit

short dipoles

shunt regulator

spiral inductors

subcarrier,

substrate thickness

subthreshold current

supply voltage

system clock

tag on metal

Tagsys

threshold

threshold-voltage cancellation circuit

tip loading

T-match

T-matching network

twin

U, V, Z

ubiquitous infrastructure

UHF

uncompensated currents

varactor

voltage-controlled oscillator

voltage

zero-threshold