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Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015

Filed:

May. 02, 2012
Applicants:

Vadim Gutnik, Irvine, CA (US);

Scott A. Cooper, Seattle, WA (US);

John D. Hyde, Corvallis, OR (US);

Theron Stanford, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Vadim Gutnik, Irvine, CA (US);

Scott A. Cooper, Seattle, WA (US);

John D. Hyde, Corvallis, OR (US);

Theron Stanford, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Impinj, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 5/22 (2006.01); G06K 19/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/0723 (2013.01);
Abstract

An RFID tag is configured to adjust its current clock frequency to conserve tag power while receiving a reader signal and/or backscattering a signal. The tag may determine whether to adjust its current clock frequency based on one or more timing parameters, which may be determined from a reader command and/or from a signal to be backscattered. The counting rate and/or limit of a tag counter and/or the power supplied to a tag component may also be adjusted. The current tag clock frequency may be adjusted during the signal reception/backscattering process and optionally restored once the process is completed.


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