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Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017

Filed:

May. 28, 2014
Applicant:

Kapsch Trafficcom Ag, Vienna, AT;

Inventor:

Alastair Malarky, Petersburg, CA;

Assignee:

Kapsch TrafficCom AG, Vienna, AT;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04B 1/62 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); H04B 1/525 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/62 (2013.01); G06K 7/10009 (2013.01); G06K 7/10346 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01); H04B 1/525 (2013.01);
Abstract

A radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader having fast-adaptive echo cancellation for backscatter-modulated signals is described. The echo cancellation includes subtracting an RF-level cancel signal from the received signal, where the cancel signal is generated based upon an error measured in the receive signal after down-conversion to baseband and low-pass filtering. The cancel signal is based upon a cumulative sum or integral of error signals and an estimated complex-valued transfer function of the scaling circuit. Methods of quick calibration of the reader are described, including accounting for circuit offsets and determining the estimated complex-valued transfer function.


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