{"title":"Digitally controlled analog front end for inductively coupled transponder systems","authors":"R. C. Jacobi, S. Grey, G. V. Bögel, D. Kolossa","doi":"10.1109/RFID-TA.2014.6934246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID-TA.2014.6934246","url":null,"abstract":"Inductively coupled transponder systems are the method of choice for wireless communication with sensor and ID transponders in metallic and hydrous environments. It is desirable to combine the freedom of software defined radio with the reliability of an individualized analog receiver circuit. A new concept for a digitally controlled analog front end with a demodulation technique, which, to the best of our knowledge, has not been applied for transponder signals so far, is presented. It enables handling of different antenna coils optimized for the particular application. The presented demodulation technique is implementable with a low complexity and nonetheless suitable for signals with a very low degree of modulation. Furthermore no analog filter is needed in the direct signal path, which allows a free carrier frequency adaptation.","PeriodicalId":143130,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE RFID Technology and Applications Conference (RFID-TA)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125910910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving indoor localization within corridors by UHF active tags placement analysis","authors":"E. Colin, A. Moretto, Marc Hayoz","doi":"10.1109/RFID-TA.2014.6934224","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID-TA.2014.6934224","url":null,"abstract":"When deploying emitting beacons, here UHF active RFID Tags, a critical issue is where the emitters should be placed, yet too few studies on this topic have been carried out. This paper focuses on the placement of the tags in order to improve the accuracy in the position estimation. This work presents a statistical study of tags positions and gives correlation between their positioning and the localization system accuracy. Guidelines are given for the tags placement in order to increase accuracy in the context of trilateration based location architecture within a hallway.","PeriodicalId":143130,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE RFID Technology and Applications Conference (RFID-TA)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121755033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"RFID tag acquisition via compressed sensing","authors":"M. Mayer, Norbert Görtz, J. Kaitovic","doi":"10.1109/RFID-TA.2014.6934195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID-TA.2014.6934195","url":null,"abstract":"We focus on simultaneously identifying a small subset of radio frequency identification tags out of a large known total set. This, for instance, applies to the popular use-case of a supermarket checkout where the items in a shopping cart need quick and reliable identification. Since the number of items in the cart is usually very small compared to the total amount of inventoried items in a store, it appears natural to formulate the identification problem according to compressed sensing, exploiting the inherent sparsity of the problem and allowing collisions in tag responses rather than avoiding them. This yields a very efficient way of identifying tags with only a small number of measurements. We introduce a novel tag identification scheme that utilizes the computationally cheap Approximate Message Passing (AMP) algorithm. A simulation-based heuristic is introduced to minimize the number of required measurements for AMP recovery. Furthermore, a method of implementation is sketched, and the performance of the proposed scheme is investigated and compared to the well known frame slotted aloha protocol. A large gain in identification throughput is achieved.","PeriodicalId":143130,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE RFID Technology and Applications Conference (RFID-TA)","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131565886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Phase-only encoding for novel chipless RFID tag","authors":"S. Genovesi, F. Costa, A. Monorchio, G. Manara","doi":"10.1109/RFID-TA.2014.6934202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID-TA.2014.6934202","url":null,"abstract":"A periodic surface printed on a grounded dielectric slab is employed as a chipless RFID tag in order to realize a phase-only encoding. The variation of the length of a single loop in the unit cell is addressed to verify the possibility of encoding the information by exploiting the difference between the TE and TM phase response of the tag.","PeriodicalId":143130,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE RFID Technology and Applications Conference (RFID-TA)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122287949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A fully inkjet-printed chipless RFID gas and temperature sensor on paper","authors":"A. Vena, L. Sydänheimo, L. Ukkonen, M. Tentzeris","doi":"10.1109/RFID-TA.2014.6934211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID-TA.2014.6934211","url":null,"abstract":"This paper studies the implementation of an RFID chipless sensor based on split ring resonators. It operates in the ISM band at 2.45GHz to detect a change of carbon dioxide, and a variation of temperature. The realization of this passive wireless sensor involves inkjet printing using several ink types so that a device that works can be realized from scratch in a few stages. The substrates used are flexible materials to allow for seamless integration on any object shapes. Several samples have been printed on polyimide substrate 50 μm thick to validate the design with the help of wireless measurements. Finally, another set of samples printed on an ordinary cardboard of 550 μm thickness is realized and measured, and the performance achieved are compared with those of the polyimide based sensors.","PeriodicalId":143130,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE RFID Technology and Applications Conference (RFID-TA)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122299063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Markus Cremer, A. Pervez, U. Dettmar, Thomas Knie, R. Kronberger
{"title":"Improved UHF RFID localization accuracy using circularly polarized antennas","authors":"Markus Cremer, A. Pervez, U. Dettmar, Thomas Knie, R. Kronberger","doi":"10.1109/RFID-TA.2014.6934223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID-TA.2014.6934223","url":null,"abstract":"We present the design of two new antennas for an indoor angle-of-arrival based passive UHF RFID tag localization method. First, a circularly polarized patch antenna that can be used as the reader's transmit antenna or as the tag antenna. Second, a circularly polarized three-element patch antenna array for the reader. We use measurements in a 3 m × 3 m test grid with 25 equally spaced measurement points, placed into a standard office room, to show that the new antennas improve localization accuracy by 53% compared to a system equipped with linearly polarized antennas. The new circularly polarized system is able to localize a tag in our setup with a measured mean error of 9 cm and a measured mean standard deviation of 7 cm.","PeriodicalId":143130,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE RFID Technology and Applications Conference (RFID-TA)","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128904837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of sintering method on the read range of brush-painted silver nanoparticle UHF RFID tags on wood and polyimide substrates","authors":"Erja Sipilä, J. Virkki, L. Sydänheimo, L. Ukkonen","doi":"10.1109/RFID-TA.2014.6934231","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID-TA.2014.6934231","url":null,"abstract":"Nowadays there is an increasing interest to add functionality in various products and versatile electronics manufacturing methods are needed for different applications. In this study, brush-painting of silver nanoparticle UHF RFID tag antennas directly on wood veneer and polyimide film substrates was examined. Two sintering methods, heat and photonic sintering were tested for these antennas. According to our results, the tag antennas brushed on polyimide film showed read ranges of over 8 meters with both sintering methods. The tag antenna brushed on wood veneer did not respond after heat sintering, but showed a read range of about 2 meters after photonic sintering. The novel manufacturing process is presented and the achieved results are discussed in this paper.","PeriodicalId":143130,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE RFID Technology and Applications Conference (RFID-TA)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129495814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Boursianis, T. Samaras, A. C. Polycarpou, J. Sahalos
{"title":"A UHF RFID reader antenna for searching tagged items","authors":"A. Boursianis, T. Samaras, A. C. Polycarpou, J. Sahalos","doi":"10.1109/RFID-TA.2014.6934226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID-TA.2014.6934226","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, a mobile atenna of a UHF RFID reader for searching tagged items on the shelves is presented. The antenna consists of a microstrip array of alternating orthogonal double dipoles which are fed in series by a meander microstrip line. The individual dipoles are designed such as to provide high bandwidth. The distance between the double dipoles is adjusted in order to excite them in phase at 867MHz and create two orthogonal electric-field components. The number of dipoles and the inter-element distance create beams with direction diversity. Based on the analysis of the pattern and the radiated field in the near-field zone, it was found that a semicylindrical area around the axis of the antenna is sufficiently covered.","PeriodicalId":143130,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE RFID Technology and Applications Conference (RFID-TA)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129714649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Kanwar, T. Mager, U. Hilleringmann, V. Geneiss, C. Hedayat
{"title":"Embedded UHF RFID tag design process for rubber transmission belt using 3D model","authors":"K. Kanwar, T. Mager, U. Hilleringmann, V. Geneiss, C. Hedayat","doi":"10.1109/RFID-TA.2014.6934208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID-TA.2014.6934208","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a design process for embedded UHF RFID tags for rubber transmission belts, based on a 3D simulation approach is presented. The usefulness of this approach is evaluated by a comparison of the simulated read range of the tag model and the measured read range of the fabricated prototype tag. Additionally, various RFID tag structures were evaluated by embedding tests, concerning their chemical and mechanical compatibility to the rubber material, to determine a suitable fabricating technology. Furthermore, a life cycle test of the embedded tag in the physical belt is also carried out to determine the implementation of RFID technology in considered rubber belts.","PeriodicalId":143130,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE RFID Technology and Applications Conference (RFID-TA)","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132259168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
W. Pachler, J. Grosinger, W. Bösch, G. Holweg, C. Steffan
{"title":"A miniaturized dual band RFID tag","authors":"W. Pachler, J. Grosinger, W. Bösch, G. Holweg, C. Steffan","doi":"10.1109/RFID-TA.2014.6934233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID-TA.2014.6934233","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a novel highly miniaturized dual band radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder (tag) with an on-chip antenna. The tag has a size of 1.32mm2 and was fabricated in a low cost 130nm complementary metal-oxidesemiconductor process. The dual band RFID tag supports the electronic product code (EPC) generation (gen) 2 high frequency (HF) standard at 13.56MHz and the EPC gen2 ultra high frequency (UHF) standard at 868MHz. The custom built onchip antenna comprises two connected resonanting coils. The antenna enables inductive coupling to an RFID reader in the HF and UHF bands. The maximum tag read range is 2.5mm at 13.56MHz and 4.4mm at 868MHz. This limited read range can be further increased by different types of booster antennas.","PeriodicalId":143130,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE RFID Technology and Applications Conference (RFID-TA)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132379355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}