摘要 |
<p>An apparatus (50) for sourcing an interrogation signal for use in an object identification system including a frequency hopping source (100) for generation of an interrogation transmission by a bi-directional antenna (12) to a tag. Upon receipt, the tag provides a return signal that is backscatter modulated to include tag identification or other data which is processed by the sourcing system (50). The frequency hopping source (100) includes a voltage controller oscillator (206) which is driven by a pseudo random code generator (200) for selecting one of a plurality of hopping frequencies at which the interrogation signal is to be generated based on the available bandwidth.</p> |