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7 - A Software-Defined RFID Reader Design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2025

Alírio Soares Boaventura  and
Nuno Borges Carvalho
Alírio Soares Boaventura
Affiliation:
University of Aveiro, Portugal
Nuno Borges Carvalho
Affiliation:
University of Aveiro, Portugal
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Summary

Chapter 7 reports on an SDR-based RFID reader design including hardware and software implementations and demonstrates ISO 18000-63-compliant operation in conventional continuous-wave mode and in a novel multicarrier mode.

Keywords

software-defined radioSDRtest and measurementdigital signal processingDSPRFID transceiverAD and DA conversionfull-stack radio design
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Radio Frequency Identification Engineering
How to Engineer an RFID Reader
 , pp. 148 - 174
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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