WPT and NFC Interoperability for Wearables with Miniaturized Coils

Richard Fischbacher*, Jose Romero Lopera, David Pommerenke, Ralph Prestros, Bernhard Auinger, Wolfgang Bosch, Jasmin Grosinger

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Abstract

This work presents a circuit-level interoperability investigation of a wireless power transfer (WPT) and near-field communication (NFC) system using miniature coils suited for wearables. Interoperability could enable NFC to provide a communication link for a WPT system or enable secure pairing between a wearable and a WPT transmitter. The WPT and NFC circuitries are built in a circuit-level simulation tool. The coils are modeled by a broadband equivalent circuit model, which excellently agrees with measurements from 0.1 to 500 MHz. The resulting equivalent circuit model is used to investigate the tag-to-reader communication quality via in-phase (I) and quadrature-phase (Q) demodulation and signal constellation diagrams. It is shown that applying inductive decoupling techniques between WPT and NFC coils and altering the I/Q demodulation filter cut-off frequency can significantly improve the tag-to-reader communication quality.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2023 IEEE 13th International Conference on RFID Technology and Applications, RFID-TA 2023 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages33-36
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9798350333534
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event13th IEEE International Conference on RFID Technology and Applications: RFID-TA 2023 - Aveiro, Portugal
Duration: 4 Sept 20236 Sept 2023

Conference

Conference13th IEEE International Conference on RFID Technology and Applications
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityAveiro
Period4/09/236/09/23

Keywords

  • Interoperability
  • NFC
  • WPT

Fields of Expertise

  • Information, Communication & Computing

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