In some embodiments, a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader with
multiple antennas may determine the location of an RFID tag relative to
the reader's antennas, by using a difference-in-time-of-arrival technique
to triangulate on the RFID tag based on the difference in distances
between the tag and each antenna. A given point in the signal from the
RFID tag may provide a narrow point in time from which to make the
calculations, while a common clock to the multiple receive paths may
permit making accurate measurements of the difference in time of
reception of that point at the different antennas. In some embodiments,
movement of the RFID tag may be determined by calculating a series of
locations over time.