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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2021
Applicant:
Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Aline Eid, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jimmy Georges Donald Hester, Atlanta, GA (US);
Emmanouil Tentzeris, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION, Atlanta, GA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/248 (2013.01); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a backscattering RFID system comprising: a combined oscillator and reflection amplifier circuit comprising a first tunnel diode having an anode and a cathode; and a biasing circuit in communication with the anode and configured to bias the first tunnel diode in a negative differential resistance region; wherein the combined oscillator and reflection amplifier circuit is configured to modulate a RF interrogation signal to produce a backscatter signal.