Indy® R2000 Reader Chip (IPJ-R2000) 
Electrical, Mechanical, & Thermal Specification 
 
Indy® R2000 Reader Chip Overview 
Air Interface Protocol 
EPCglobal UHF Class 1 Gen 2 / ISO 18000-6C 
•  DSB, SSB, and PR-ASK transmit modulation modes 
•  Dense reader mode (DRM) 
ISO 18000-6B, Ipico, and iP-X version1.07 not supported by Indy reference design 
Integrated Power 
Amplifier 
Configurable up to 17 dBm. External power amplifier supported for high performance 
applications 
Transmit Output Power 
Adjustable to > 25 dB 
Modem 
Configurable digital baseband 
Operating Frequencies 
840–960 MHz 
Package 
Power 
Process 
RSSI 
Sensitivity 
64-pin 9 mm x 9 mm x 0.85 mm QFN 
Low power consumption, 1100 to 880 mW configuration dependant; 200μW standby 
0.18 μm SiGe BiCMOS 
Per tag, configurable bandwidth 
-110 dBm; -95 dBm (DRM); -84dBm (DRM) with +10dBm carrier  
Supported Regions 
US, Canada, and other regions following US FCC 47 CFG Ch. 1 Part 15  
Europe and other regions following ETSI EN 302 208-1 (V1.4.1)  
 
Tx
Power Amplifier
Indy UHF Gen 2
RFID Reader Chip
Microcontroller
Host Interface
 
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Indy® R2000 Electrical, Mechanical, & Thermal Specification 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
1 
2.1 
3.1 
5.1.1 
5.1.2 
5.1.3 
5.1.4 
5.1.5 
INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................ 1 
1.1  TERMINOLOGY ................................................................................................................................................. 1 
1.2  REFERENCE DOCUMENTS ................................................................................................................................. 2 
2  ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT ............................................................................................................................... 4 
INDY R2000 READER CHIP DIAGRAMS............................................................................................................. 4 
3  PIN LISTING/SIGNAL DEFINITIONS ............................................................................................................ 6 
PIN LISTING AND SIGNAL DEFINITIONS ............................................................................................................. 6 
4  ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................... 8 
4.1  ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS ....................................................................................................................... 8 
4.2  OPERATING CONDITIONS .................................................................................................................................. 8 
4.3  TRANSCEIVER FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................... 9 
5  FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION ....................................................................................................................... 13 
5.1  ANALOG RECEIVER DATA PATH ..................................................................................................................... 14 
Receiver Front-end Circuitry ................................................................................................................. 14 
Local Oscillator Input ............................................................................................................................ 14 
Receive RF Interface .............................................................................................................................. 15 
Self-Jammer Cancellation Block ............................................................................................................ 15 
Receive Baseband Interface ................................................................................................................... 18 
5.2  ANTENNA CONFIGURATION SCENARIOS ......................................................................................................... 19 
5.3  RF POWER DETECTION .................................................................................................................................. 20 
5.4  TRANSMITTER MODES ................................................................................................................................... 21 
Full Power Non-linear Mode (DSB-ASK) .............................................................................................. 21 
Low Power Non-linear Mode (DSB-ASK) .............................................................................................. 21 
Linear Mode ........................................................................................................................................... 21 
6  FREQUENCY GENERATION ......................................................................................................................... 23 
INTERNAL SYNTHESIZER ................................................................................................................................. 23 
7  DEVICE CONTROL AND PROGRAMMING ............................................................................................... 25 
7.1 
SERIAL INTERFACE ......................................................................................................................................... 26 
Parallel Interface ................................................................................................................................... 27 
7.2  REGISTER MAP ............................................................................................................................................... 28 
8  PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS - PRELIMINARY ....................................................................... 59 
8.1  CARRIER SETTLING TIME ............................................................................................................................... 59 
8.2  RX SENSITIVITY TESTING ............................................................................................................................... 60 
8.3  TRANSMIT OUTPUT SPECTRAL TESTING ......................................................................................................... 63 
8.4  ANALOG (GROSS) POWER CONTROL ................................................................................................................ 68 
8.5  DIGITAL POWER CONTROL .............................................................................................................................. 69 
8.6  ADC TESTING ................................................................................................................................................ 69 
8.7  AUX. DAC TESTING ....................................................................................................................................... 70 
9  PACKAGE INFORMATION............................................................................................................................ 71 
9.1 
PACKAGE INFORMATION ................................................................................................................................ 71 
NOTICES: .................................................................................................................................................................. 73 
 
5.4.1 
5.4.2 
5.4.3 
6.1 
7.1.1 
 
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FIGURES 
FIGURE 1: INDY R2000 READER CHIP TOP LEVEL RF BLOCK DIAGRAM ........................................................................ 4 
FIGURE 2: INDY R2000 READER CHIP SAMPLE APPLICATION ......................................................................................... 5 
FIGURE 3: RECEIVER FRONT-END EXTERNAL INPUT INTERFACE CONFIGURED TO HANDLE +15 DBM SELF-JAMMER ... 14 
FIGURE 4: RECEIVER FRONT-END EXTERNAL OUTPUT INTERFACE, INCLUDING DRM LC LOAD OF MIXER .................. 14 
FIGURE 5: LOCAL OSCILLATOR INPUT EXTERNAL INTERFACES .................................................................................... 15 
FIGURE 6: SELF-JAMMER CANCELLATION ARCHITECTURE ........................................................................................... 16 
FIGURE 7: THEORETICAL OUTPUT AFTER SELF-JAMMER CANCELLATION RELATIVE TO FULL SCALE. ............................. 17 
FIGURE 8: SELF-JAMMER CANCELLATION GRID AND CALIBRATION EXAMPLES. ............................................................. 18 
FIGURE 9: SINGLE ANTENNA SCENARIO ....................................................................................................................... 20 
FIGURE 10: DUAL ANTENNA SCENARIO ........................................................................................................................ 20 
FIGURE 11: INDY® R2000 READER CHIP TRANSMIT WITH EXTERNAL PA (DSB ASK) ................................................. 21 
FIGURE 12: VCO TUNING CURVES ................................................................................................................................ 23 
FIGURE 13: SYNTHESIZER PHASE NOISE ........................................................................................................................ 24 
FIGURE 14: PLL SETTLING TIME ................................................................................................................................... 24 
FIGURE 15: SERIAL INTERFACE FRAME FORMAT .......................................................................................................... 26 
FIGURE 16: SERIAL INTERFACE T2R TIMING ................................................................................................................ 26 
FIGURE 17: SERIAL INTERFACE R2T TIMING ................................................................................................................ 27 
FIGURE 18: PARALLEL INTERFACE READ TIMING ......................................................................................................... 27 
FIGURE 19: PARALLEL INTERFACE WRITE TIMING........................................................................................................ 28 
FIGURE 20: CARRIER SETTLING TIME ........................................................................................................................... 59 
FIGURE 21: PACKET ERROR RATE TEST SETUP - MONOSTATIC CONFIGURATION ......................................................... 60 
FIGURE 22: PACKET ERROR RATE TEST SETUP - BI-STATIC CONFIGURATION .............................................................. 61 
FIGURE 23: PACKET ERROR RATE TEST SETUP - REAL TAG ......................................................................................... 61 
FIGURE 24: DSB-ASK, TARI=25ΜS, X=0.5 AND 1.0 .................................................................................................... 63 
FIGURE 25: PR-ASK, TARI=25ΜS, X=0.5 AND 1.0 ....................................................................................................... 63 
FIGURE 26: SSB-ASK, TARI=25ΜS, X=0.5 AND 1.0 ..................................................................................................... 64 
FIGURE 27: DSB-ASK, TARI=12.5ΜS, X=0.5 AND 1.0 ................................................................................................. 64 
FIGURE 28: PR-ASK, TARI=12.5ΜS, X=0.5 AND 1.0 .................................................................................................... 65 
FIGURE 29: SSB-ASK, TARI=12.5ΜS, X=0.5 AND 1.0 .................................................................................................. 65 
FIGURE 30: DSB-ASK, TARI=6.25ΜS, X=0.5 AND 1.0 ................................................................................................. 66 
FIGURE 31: PR-ASK, TARI=6.25ΜS, X=0.5 AND 1.0 .................................................................................................... 66 
FIGURE 32: SSB-ASK, TARI=6.25ΜS, X=0.5 AND 1.0 .................................................................................................. 67 
FIGURE 33: PR-ASK, TARI=25ΜS, X=1.0 TURBO MODE (+15DBM CW POWER) .......................................................... 67 
FIGURE 34: OUTPUT POWER V. ANALOG CONTROL STATE ............................................................................................. 68 
FIGURE 35: INL AND DNL FOR AUXILIARY ADC ......................................................................................................... 68 
FIGURE 36: OUTPUT POWER V. SCALAR STATE .............................................................................................................. 69 
FIGURE 37: ADC COUNT V. INPUT VOLTAGE ................................................................................................................. 69 
FIGURE 38: INL AND DNL FOR AUXILIARY ADC ......................................................................................................... 69 
FIGURE 39: DACS OUTPUT VOLTAGE ............................................................................................................................ 70 
FIGURE 40: INL AND DNL FOR DAC0 AND DAC1 ....................................................................................................... 70 
FIGURE 41: INDY®R2000 READER CHIP PACKAGE TOP VIEW ...................................................................................... 71 
FIGURE 42: INDY®R2000 READER CHIP PACKAGE DIMENSIONS .................................................................................. 72 
TABLES 
TABLE 1: TERMINOLOGY ................................................................................................................................................ 1 
TABLE 2: PROTOCOL SPECIFICATION DOCUMENTS ......................................................................................................... 3 
TABLE 3: LOCAL REGULATION DOCUMENTS .................................................................................................................. 3 
TABLE 4: SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENTS.......................................................................................................................... 3 
TABLE 5: PIN LISTING AND SIGNAL DEFINITIONS ............................................................................................................ 6 
TABLE 6: ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS ...................................................................................................................... 8 
TABLE 7:  OPERATING CONDITIONS ................................................................................................................................ 8 
TABLE 8: POWER CONSUMPTION SPECIFICATIONS IN MISSION MODE (READING TAGS) AND RESET .............................. 9 
TABLE 9: INDY R2000 READER CHIP—RECEIVER SPECIFICATIONS................................................................................ 9 
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TABLE 10: INDY®R2000 READER CHIP—TRANSMITTER SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................... 10 
TABLE 11: INDY®R2000 READER CHIP EXTERNAL LO INPUT ..................................................................................... 11 
TABLE 12: INDY®R2000 READER CHIP ENVELOPE DETECTORS ................................................................................... 11 
TABLE 13: INDY®R2000 READER CHIP SYNTHESIZER .................................................................................................. 11 
TABLE 14: INDY R2000 READER CHIP CLOCK OUTPUT, DACS, AND ADCS ................................................................ 12 
TABLE 15: INDY®R2000 READER CHIP DIGITAL INTERFACE ........................................................................................ 12 
TABLE 16: PHASE NOISE V. VCO CURRENT .................................................................................................................. 23 
TABLE 17: INDY R2000 MODES ................................................................................................................................... 25 
TABLE 18: PIN FUNCTIONALITY PER MODE .................................................................................................................. 25 
TABLE 19: SERIAL INTERFACE TIMING REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................... 27 
TABLE 20: PARALLEL INTERFACE TIMING CONDITIONS ................................................................................................ 28 
TABLE 21: REGISTER MAP ............................................................................................................................................ 28 
TABLE 22: REGISTER MAP TYPE DEFINITION ............................................................................................................... 58 
TABLE 23: CONVERSION TABLE ................................................................................................................................... 58 
TABLE 24: ISO 18000-6C SENSITIVITY SUMMARY ....................................................................................................... 62 
 
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Introduction 
Industry leading modem architecture uses modern digital signal processing which ensures high read reliability   
Self-jammer cancellation circuitry (market exclusive technology, ensures read reliability even with high antenna reflections) 
Fully integrated voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) with world wide RFID coverage  
Integrated Power Amplifier (PA) 
The Impinj® Indy®R2000 UHF Gen 2 RFID reader chip is a highly integrated, high-performance, low power, SiGe BiCMOS 
device for EPC Gen2 / ISO18000-6C applications.  The R2000 can also be programmed to support ISO18000-6B, iPico and iP-
X protocols. The Indy R2000 reader chip supports a zero intermediate frequency (ZIF) architecture in the worldwide UHF 
industrial, science, and medical (ISM) band. The Indy R2000 reader chip comprises all of the RF and baseband blocks to 
interrogate and receive data from compatible RFID tags, specifically: 
• 
• 
• 
• 
•  High compression point quadrature downconverting mixer 
• 
• 
•  Configurable digital baseband 
•  High speed synchronous serial bus or 4-bit parallel bus control 
Integrated RF envelope detectors for forward and reverse power sense 
Integrated multipurpose Analog-to-Digital Converts (ADCs) and Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs) 
When used in the Indy R2000 Development Platform, which includes an example protocol processor and radio control 
implementation, the result is a fully functional UHF Gen 2 RFID reader with market leading performance. 
1.1  Terminology 
Term 
Table 1: Terminology 
Description 
ADC 
AGC 
AM 
ASK 
AUX 
BPF 
Class 0 
CORDIC 
CW 
DAC 
DFT 
DRM 
DSB 
EOT 
EPC 
FCC 
FIFO 
Analog-to-Digital Converter 
Automatic Gain Control 
Amplitude Modulation 
Amplitude Shift Keying 
Auxiliary 
Bandpass Filter 
Tags and readers conforming to MIT Auto-ID Center, Class 0 RFID Tag Protocol Specification 
COordinate Rotation DIgital Computer 
Continuous Wave 
Digital-to-Analog Converter 
Discrete Fourier Transform 
Dense Reader Mode 
Double Sideband 
End of Transfer 
Electronic Product Council 
Federal Communications Commission (US Regulatory Body) 
First In, First Out 
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Term 
Description 
FIR 
I 
IF 
IIR 
I-Q 
ISM 
ISO 
Finite Impulse Response 
In-phase 
Intermediate Frequency 
Infinite Impulse Response 
In-phase Quadrature 
Industrial, Science, and Medical 
International Standards Organization 
ISO18000 
Tags and Readers conforming to ISO/IEC FDIS 18000-6:2003(E) 
LBT 
LFSR 
LNA 
LO 
LUT 
MSB 
MSps 
NCO 
PA 
PER 
PLL 
PoE 
PR 
Q 
RF 
RFID 
RSSI 
RX 
SJ 
SJC 
SSB 
TBD 
TX 
TCXO 
UHF 
VCO 
Listen Before Talk 
Linear Feedback Shift Registers 
Low Noise Amplifier 
Local Oscillator 
Lookup Table 
Most Significant Bit 
Mega Samples per Second 
Numerically Controlled Oscillator 
Power Amplifier 
Packet Error Rate 
Phase Locked Loop 
Power over Ethernet 
Phase Reversal 
Quadrature-phase 
Radio Frequency 
Radio Frequency Identification 
Received Signal Strength Indicator 
Receiver 
Self Jammer—also known as Tx carrier present at the Rx port 
Self Jammer cancellation—circuitry that removes SJ from Rx port 
Single Sideband 
To Be Determined 
Transmitter 
Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator 
Ultra High Frequency 
Voltage Controlled Oscillator 
1.2  Reference Documents 
The Indy R2000 reader chip is fully compliant with the protocol specifications provided in Table 2, as well as with the local 
regulations referenced in Table 3. 
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Table 2: Protocol Specification Documents 
Document  
iPico, iP-X: Universal RFID protocol standard V1.07 July 2005 
ISO/IEC FDIS 18000-6B Sept. 2004 
ISO/IEC FDIS 18000-6C Jan. 2005 
Table 3: Local Regulation Documents 
Document 
FCC 47 CFR Ch. 1, part 15 10-1-98 Edition 
ETSI EN 302 208-1 V1.4.1 
Table 4 lists supplemental information sources for the Indy R2000 reader chip. Contact an Impinj representative to obtain the 
latest document revisions. 
Table 4: Supplemental Documents 
Document 
Indy Development Platform Operation 
Indy Firmware Datasheet 
Indy Host Library API Reference Manual 
Indy Host Interface Packet Definitions 
Indy OEM Configuration 
Indy Host Library SDK Getting Started Guide 
Indy MAC Command Definitions 
Indy MAC Register Set Definitions 
  
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2  About This Document 
This document constitutes the electrical, mechanical, and thermal specifications for the Indy R2000 reader chip. It contains a 
functional overview, mechanical data, package signal locations, and targeted electrical specifications. 
2.1 
Indy R2000 Reader Chip Diagrams 
Figure 1 provides a top level block diagram of the RF/analog parts of the Indy R2000 reader chip. The architecture is based on 
direct conversion for both the transmitter and receiver.  
1 pole
2 poles
2 poles
RX
+ -+ -
LNA
to ADC
LO
0/90
0/90
RX input
LO input
RF detector
Aux ADC0
Aux ADC1
Aux ADC2
Aux
ADC
ΣΔ
ADC
ΣΔ
ADC
48 MHz
Digital
Core
PA
to ADC
to ADC
to ADC
to ADC
to ADC
TX
RF det.
Aux ADC0
Aux ADC1
Aux ADC2
×2
48 MHz
PLL
24 MHz
I
Q
1 bit
DAC
1 bit
DAC
÷ 2
÷ 2
DAC
DAC
48 MHz
TCXO
Ext. LO
Aux
DAC0
Figure 1: Indy R2000 Reader Chip Top Level RF Block Diagram 
Supply
mod.
Aux
DAC1
 
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