Design of a novel adder‐less Barker matched filter for RFID

Abstract

ABSTRACTRadio frequency identification (RFID) is the utilization of the radio frequency for the purpose of identification. RFID is lagging behind due to vendor specific solutions and excessive implementation cost. A Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) compatible IEEE 802.11 RFID tag can overcome these limitations. IEEE 802.11 utilizes Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) technique and a matched filter is a vital block in a DSSS system. A low‐power and low‐area novel adder‐less Barker matched filter is proposed in this paper by eliminating the conventional multiple multiplications. The matched filter designed in 0.18 µm CMOS technology achieves average and maximum power consumption of 33.747 μW and 8.08 mW, respectively and chip area of 0.41184 mm2 only. The simulation result shows the correct matching of data against the threshold value. Compared with the conventional matched filter, the design achieves 25% power reduction (maximum power) and 51% chip area reduction. Therefore, the design will help to implement a low‐power matched filter for IEEE 801.11 compatible RFID tag. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.