Patent ID: 8727217

Claim:
In an RFID circuit for receiving a modulated RF signal having an envelope corresponding to digital coding of information, a detector circuit for detecting data contained in the RF signal envelope, comprising: a supply voltage terminal; a reference voltage terminal; a preamplifier circuit having a current source coupled to the supply voltage terminal, and having first and second input transistors coupled to the current source, each input transistor producing respective first and second output signals; and a dynamic latch circuit coupled to the preamplifier circuit, wherein gain of the preamplifier suppresses offset of the dynamic latch, the dynamic latch having parallel current paths, each current path comprising: an input transistor coupled to receive one of the first and second output signals; a switching transistor coupled in series with the input transistor, the switching transistor operable to couple the input transistor to the first latch transistor in response to a first logic state of a latch signal; a first latch transistor coupled in series with the switching transistor; and a second latch transistor coupled in series with the first latch transistor.