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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2013
Ken Gudan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sergey Chemishkian, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jonathan J. Hull, San Carlos, CA (US);
Matthew S. Reynolds, Durham, NC (US);
Ken Gudan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sergey Chemishkian, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jonathan J. Hull, San Carlos, CA (US);
Matthew S. Reynolds, Durham, NC (US);
RICOH CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
DUKE UNIVERSITY, Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A method, system and tag for low power radio frequency communication is described. In one embodiment, the RF tag comprises: an access point comprising: a first antenna; a first radio coupled to the first antenna; a central processing unit coupled to the first radio; a backscatter adapter coupled to the access point via a wired communication interface, the backscatter adapter comprising a backscatter radio and a second antenna coupled to the backscatter radio for use in communicating with an RF tag in the network via backscatter.