Antenna for a backscatter-based RFID transponder
View Patent ↗An antenna for a backscatter-based RFID transponder is provided with an integrated receiving circuit, having a capacitive input impedance, for receiving a radio signal lying spectrally in an operating frequency range, whereby the antenna has two antenna arms, which extend outward in a spiral from a central region in which the antenna arms can be connected to the integrated receiving circuit. According to the invention, a ring-shaped trace is provided, which extends completely around the central region and is formed to connect the antenna arms conductively to one another. The invention relates further to a backscatter-based RFID transponder with an antenna of this type.
1. An antenna for a backscatter-based RFID transponder with an integrated receiving circuit, having a capacitive input impedance, for receiving a radio signal lying spectrally in an operating frequency range, the antenna comprising:
two antenna arms, which extend outward in a spiral from a central region, in which the antenna arms are connected to the integrated receiving circuit; and
a ring-shaped trace, which extends substantially completely around the central region and is formed to connect the antenna arms conductively to one another.
2. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein each antenna arm has an arm length along the arm, and wherein the arm length is selected and the ring-shaped trace formed in such a way that the antenna has an input impedance with a reactance, which is inductive in the operating frequency range and whose frequency response has an inflection point in the operating frequency range.
3. The antenna according to claim 2 , wherein the arm length is selected and the ring-shaped trace formed in such a way that the frequency response of the reactance has a local maximum value and/or a local minimum value within the operating frequency range.
4. The antenna according to claim 2 , wherein the ring-shaped trace has a form and a path length along the trace that are selected so that the frequency response of the reactance has an inflection point in the operating frequency range.
5. The antenna according to claim 4 , wherein the form and path length are selected so that the frequency response of the reactance has a local maximum value and/or a local minimum value within the operating frequency range.
6. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the ring-shaped trace is closed.
7. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the ring-shaped trace is formed point-symmetric.
8. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the ring-shaped trace is circular, oval, or elliptical.
9. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the ring-shaped trace has a first radius, which is selected so that the frequency response of the reactance has an inflection point in the operating frequency range.
10. The antenna according to claim 9 , wherein the ring-shaped trace has a second radius, which is selected so that the frequency response of the reactance has an inflection point in the operating frequency range.
11. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the ring-shaped trace has a path width, which is selected so that the antenna has values for an inductive input impedance that in the operating frequency range are approximated to the conjugate complex values for the capacitive input impedance in such a way that no circuit arrangement for impedance matching is necessary between the antenna and integrated receiving circuit.
12. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the ring-shaped trace has a border that is formed so that the antenna has values for an inductive input impedance that in the operating frequency range are approximated to the conjugate complex values for the capacitive input impedance in such a way that no circuit arrangement for impedance matching is necessary between the antenna and integrated receiving circuit.
13. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the ring-shaped trace has a changeable path width along the trace.
14. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the ring-shaped trace has a plurality of straight subsections, which are connected to the trace and run transverse to the trace.
15. The antenna according to claim 14 , wherein the straight subsections are formed so that the antenna has values for an inductive input impedance that in the operating frequency range are approximated to the conjugate complex values for the capacitive input impedance in such a way that no circuit arrangement for impedance matching is necessary between the antenna and integrated receiving circuit.
16. The antenna according to claim 14 , wherein the straight subsections have a length and width that are selected so that the antenna has values for an inductive input impedance, that in the operating frequency range are approximated to the conjugate complex values for the capacitive input impedance in such a way that no circuit arrangement for impedance matching is necessary between the antenna and integrated receiving circuit.
17. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the ring-shaped trace has at least one serrated border.
18. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein each antenna arm forms an inner radial spiral and an outer radial spiral, which follow a logarithmic function.
19. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna arms are formed substantially identical in their outer form.
20. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna arms are formed planar and lie in a common plane.
21. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the operating frequency range is in the UHF or microwave frequency range.
22. A backscatter-based RFID transponder, comprising:
an integrated receiving circuit with a capacitive input impedance; and
an antenna connected to the integrated receiving circuit, the antenna comprising:
two antenna arms, which extend outward in a spiral from a central region, in which the antenna arms are connected to the integrated receiving circuit; and
a ring-shaped trace, which extends substantially completely around the central region and is formed to connect the antenna arms conductively to one another.
23. The backscatter-based RFID transponder according to claim 22 , wherein the integrated receiving circuit is disposed in the central region of the antenna arms.
24. The backscatter-based RFID transponder according to claim 22 , wherein each antenna arm comprises a thin conductive layer, which is formed on a substrate, and the integrated receiving circuit is formed on the substrate.