Patent ID: 6914528

Claim:
A wireless communication system comprising: a reader configured to output a first wireless communication signal and to receive a second wireless communication signal comprising a backscatter signal; and a remote communication device configured to receive the first wireless communication signal and to communicate the second wireless communication signal comprising the backscatter signal; wherein the remote communication device comprises: a signaling antenna configured to provide electrical energy; communication circuitry configured to process the received first wireless communication signal and to generate a modulation signal to communicate the backscatter signal; a plurality of first power conditioning circuits coupled in series intermediate the signaling antenna and the communication circuitry and individually configured to enhance at least one electrical characteristic of the electrical energy from the signaling antenna; wherein the remote communication device further comprises an energy source configured to provide operational energy to the communication circuitry using electromagnetic energy received within the remote communication device, and wherein the energy source comprises: a power antenna configured to provide the operational energy derived from the electromagnetic energy; and a plurality of second power conditioning circuits coupled in series and individually configured to enhance at least one electrical characteristic of the operational energy derived from the electromagnetic energy; and wherein the first and second power conditioning circuits individually comprise a voltage doubler circuit.