Sensitive Passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tag Development

This is a Small Business innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I proposal to the Department of Defense (DoD) requests $100,000 support for Quintech Electronics and Communications, Inc. to demonstrate the feasibility of developing a Sensitive Passive Radio Frequency Identification (pRFID) tag that will meet the HERO requirement. This proposal responds to Navy topic number N08-186, “Sensitive Passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tag Development”. The significance of the HERO level tag being proposed here is that, the problem of tagging ordnances below deck on board a naval vessel will no longer be an issue of concern in terms of hazardous radiations. Because this tag will operated within the specified low power level, readers can be designed to radiate low power RF signal within the HERO specifications and still be able to read the tags. The innovation in this research is to create a switching effect that generates frequency to feed the input of an amplifier using energy harvested from HERO level radiation to power the logic circuit of the tag. Phase I activities will involve feasibility of using a proprietary switching device to create the alternating input to amplifier using ambient energy on board the vessel without external source.