日期: 2011/08/30 限制超高頻電子標籤讀取距離之因素(二): 讀取器輸出功率 & 天線增益 The limiting factors for the read range of UHF RFID tag: Reader Transmitted Power & Antenna Gain
在不考量外在環境干擾 Interferences 及多重路徑效應 Multipath Effect 條件下,UHF RFID 電子標籤的讀取距離是和讀取器Reader or Interrogator 的輸出功率 Transmitted Power 與天線增益 Antenna Gain 成正向關係,本測試之目的是要驗證電子標籤在不同總輸出功率下(Reader Transmitted Power + Antenna Gain)和其讀距之關係。 ■ 量測工具: Tagformance lite + Tag Designer Suite ■ 量測項目: Backscatter ■ 待測標籤: UPM DogBone Monza 4 ■ 量測頻率: 925 MHz ■ 量測環境: 建儒實業辦公室 ■ 天線極化: 線性極化
0.5W EIRP (Reader Transmitted Power: 22 dBm, Antenna Gain: 5 dBi) Read Range: 2.8M
1W EIRP (Reader Transmitted Power: 25 dBm, Antenna Gain: 5 dBi) Read Range: 4M
2W EIRP (Reader Transmitted Power: 27 dBm, Antenna Gain: 6 dBi) Read Range: 5.7M
4W EIRP (Reader Transmitted Power: 30 dBm, Antenna Gain: 6 dBi) Read Range: 8M
8W EIRP (Reader Transmitted Power: 30 dBm, Antenna Gain: 9 dBi) R ead Range: 11M
16W EIRP (Reader Transmitted Power: 30 dBm, Antenna Gain: 12 dBi) Read Range: 16M
30W EIRP (Reader Transmitted Power: 30 dBm, Antenna Gain: 14.7 dBi) Read Range: 22M
結論: 1. 總輸出功率(Reader Transmitted Power + Antenna Gain)增加 6dB,電子標籤讀距將增加 1 倍。 2. 美國 FCC Part 15 Unlicensed Radio Frequency Devices 規範最大總輸出功率是4W EIRP(902~928MHz)。 3. 台灣容許最大(室內)總輸出功率是4W EIRP (922~928MHz)和2W EIRP(室外)。請參閱附件 4. 美國 FCC Part 90 Private Land Mobile Radio Service 規範最大總輸出功率是30W EIRP。 *上述測試未將傳輸線損耗 Cable Loss 納入考量,讀取器接收靈敏度 Receiver Sensitivity 為-70dBm。