Philips Semiconductors
HITAG reader chip
Product specification
HTRC11001T
1 FEATURES
• Combines all analog RFID reader hardware in one
single chip
• Optimized for HITAG transponder family
• Robust antenna coil power driver stage with modulator
• High performance adaptive sampling time AM/PM
demodulator (patent pending)
• Read and write function
• On-chip clock oscillator
• Antenna rupture and short circuit detection
• Low power consumption
• Very low power standby mode
• Low external component count
• Small package SO14.
2 APPLICATIONS
• RFID systems.
3 GENERAL DESCRIPTION
HITAG(1) is the family name of the reader chip
HTRC11001T to use with transponders which are based
on the HITAG tag ICs (HT1ICS3002x or HT2ICS2002x).
(1) HITAG - is a trademark of Philips Semiconductors
Gratkorn GmbH.
The receiver parameters (gain factors and filter cut-off
frequencies) can be optimized to system and transponder
requirements. The HTRC11001T is designed for easy
integration into RF identification readers.
State-of-the-art technology allows almost complete
integration of the necessary building blocks. A powerful
antenna demodulator and driver, together with a low-noise
adaptive sampling time demodulator, a programmable
filter, amplifier and digitizer, build the complete transceiver
unit, required to design high-performance readers.
A three-pin microcontroller interface is employed for
programming the HTRC11001T as well as for the
bidirectional communication with the transponders. The
three-wire interface can be changed into a two-wire
interface by connecting the data input and the data output.
Tolerance dependent zero amplitude modulation will
cause severe problems in envelope detector systems,
resulting in the need of very low tolerance reader
antennas. These problems are solved by the new Adaptive
Sampling Time (AST) technique.
4 QUICK REFERENCE DATA
SYMBOL
VDD
fclk
fres
Iant(p)
Tamb
PARAMETER
CONDITIONS
supply voltage
clock frequency
programmable
antenna resonant frequency
antenna driver output current (peak value) continuous
ambient temperature
MIN.
4.5
4
−
−
−40
TYP.
5.0
−
125
−
−
MAX.
5.5
16
−
200
+85
UNIT
V
MHz
kHz
mA
°C
5 ORDERING INFORMATION
TYPE NUMBER
HTRC11001T
NAME
SO14
PACKAGE
DESCRIPTION
plastic small outlet package; 14 leads; body width 3.9 mm
VERSION
SOT108-1
2001 Nov 23
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