{"title":"Self-reconfigurable RFID reader antenna","authors":"P. Nikitin","doi":"10.1109/RFID.2017.7945592","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID.2017.7945592","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a self-reconfigurable switched beam RFID reader antenna concept and its experimental implementation. The specific antenna presented in this paper is a planar 2-element Yagi array with a parasitic element loaded with a self-oscillating switching circuit powered wirelessly, by the antenna signal itself. Once this reader antenna is fed with RF signal of sufficient power, the circuit starts oscillating, switching between the two complex impedance values, and thus changing the antenna radiation pattern. We describe a theory of operation, including modeling and simulation, and present a prototype of such an antenna operating at 900 MHz with two distinct switched beams and a peak gain of 4.5 dBi.","PeriodicalId":251364,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE International Conference on RFID (RFID)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130043675","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 500°C tolerant ultra-high temperature 2.4 GHz 32 bit chipless RFID tag with a mechanical BPSK modulator","authors":"M. Reynolds","doi":"10.1109/RFID.2017.7945600","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID.2017.7945600","url":null,"abstract":"We present an ultra-high temperature 2.4 GHz chipless RFID tag capable of operation at temperatures of over 500°C. This tag uses a novel mechanical BPSK backscatter modulator driven by a high speed rotating shaft to telemeter a 32 bit unique ID as a BPSK symbol sequence at a rate synchronous to the rotation of the shaft. The tag integrates a 9 dBi linearly polarized air-dielectric patch antenna. It is a proof of concept for applications in remotely identifying components and measuring rotation rates in high speed, high temperature equipment such as jet engines, industrial turbines, and down-hole oil drilling equipment. To ensure high reliability, there are no switch contacts in this design. Unlike traditional CMOS IC based RFID tags, this tag has no RF power-up threshold and can be interrogated at an extremely low incident power. Unlike SAW and multiple resonator based chipless tags, an unmodulated 2.4 GHz CW excitation is sufficient to read out the digital bit stream from the tag. In laboratory testing, a read range of over 2 m is achieved with an interrogator power of only +5 dBm. At a rotation rate of 206.8 RPM, the tag telemeters data at 110.3 symbols per second. The approach can easily be extended beyond 32 bit IDs.","PeriodicalId":251364,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE International Conference on RFID (RFID)","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115364552","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":"Perfect pulses for ambient backscatter communication","authors":"Michael A. Varner, R. Bhattacharjea, G. Durgin","doi":"10.1109/RFID.2017.7945580","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID.2017.7945580","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explains how to construct perfect pulses - antipodal binary waveforms with extraordinary DC-nulling properties. Several methods for employing perfect pulses in digital modulation schemes, with particular emphasis on backscatter (and simply scatter) radio modulation, are demonstrated. These waveforms enable a completely new type of RF information exchange by piggy-backing useful information onto ambient wireless signals using low-powered electronics. A mathematical model of perfect pulses is shared as well as an overview of their spectral properties. Software simulations of perfect pulse enabled communications depict the creation of the channel waveforms, modulation onto a pseudo-random ambient carrier, and retrieval of the intended message data from the noisy and interference laden received signal. A robust receiver system is described which can be implemented via simple post-processing techniques in a software defined system or as a low-cost, low-power RF circuit using commercial-off-the-shelf components. Experimentally retrieved data is used to create a realistic estimate of bit rate errors using an actual FM radio station signal.","PeriodicalId":251364,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE International Conference on RFID (RFID)","volume":"112 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116683838","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}
Thomas Ulz, Thomas W. Pieber, C. Steger, Christian M. Lesjak, H. Bock, R. Matischek
{"title":"SECURECONFIG: NFC and QR-code based hybrid approach for smart sensor configuration","authors":"Thomas Ulz, Thomas W. Pieber, C. Steger, Christian M. Lesjak, H. Bock, R. Matischek","doi":"10.1109/RFID.2017.7945585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID.2017.7945585","url":null,"abstract":"In smart factories and smart homes, devices such as smart sensors are connected to the Internet. Independent of the context in which such a smart sensor is deployed, the possibility to change its configuration parameters in a secure way is essential. Existing solutions do provide only minimal security or do not allow to transfer arbitrary configuration data. In this paper, we present an NFC- and QR-code based configuration interface for smart sensors which improves the security and practicability of the configuration altering process while introducing as little overhead as possible. We present a protocol for configuration as well as a hardware extension including a dedicated security controller (SC) for smart sensors. For customers, no additional hardware other than a commercially available smartphone will be necessary which makes the proposed approach highly applicable for smart factory and smart home contexts alike.","PeriodicalId":251364,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE International Conference on RFID (RFID)","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116617271","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}
Menghan Sun, S. Al-Sarawi, P. Ashenden, M. Cavaiuolo, D. Ranasinghe
{"title":"A fully integrable hybrid power management unit for passive UHF RFID","authors":"Menghan Sun, S. Al-Sarawi, P. Ashenden, M. Cavaiuolo, D. Ranasinghe","doi":"10.1109/RFID.2017.7945609","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID.2017.7945609","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a fully integrable hybrid power management unit (HPMU) realized in the 130 nm generic CMOS (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor) process from GlobalFoundries to increase the performance of RFID tags—especially those with passively powered sensors—by intelligently managing harvested power. The HPMU strategically takes advantage of the excess harvested power beyond the operational requirements of a tag and stores this energy externally. Through intelligent power routing, this stored energy is used to sustain the supply voltage of tag circuitry during brownouts, cold starts, and for reading ranges where harvested power is inadequate to power tag logic circuits but the tag distance to an interrogating antenna is close enough to expect a backscattered response to be received by an RFID reader. This approach can reduce cold start-up time, mitigate consequences of brownouts and, effectively, extend the operational range and the responsiveness of tags—especially those with passively powered sensors. In addition, the HPMU switches off when the harvested power, indicative of a weak interrogating signal, is too low to conserve stored power. The entire HPMU has been optimized for low power consumption, which not only reduces the power overhead that HPMU introduces but also ensures that as much power as possible is siphoned and stored rather than dissipated in the power management circuitry. In off state, the HPMU consumes only around 10 nA from the external storage element and during charge storage mode of operation, the HPMU has a peak conversion efficiency of approximately 65%.","PeriodicalId":251364,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE International Conference on RFID (RFID)","volume":"201 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123030748","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}
Peter Hillyard, Cheng Qi, Amal Al-Husseiny, G. Durgin, Neal Patwari
{"title":"Focusing through walls: An E-shaped patch antenna improves whole-home radio tomography","authors":"Peter Hillyard, Cheng Qi, Amal Al-Husseiny, G. Durgin, Neal Patwari","doi":"10.1109/RFID.2017.7945605","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID.2017.7945605","url":null,"abstract":"Tagless identification and tracking with through-wall received signal strength-based radio tomographic imaging (RTI) allows emergency responders to learn where people are inside of a building before entering the building. Use of directional antennas in RTI nodes focuses RF power along the link line, improving system performance. However, antennas placed on a building's exterior wall can be detuned by their close proximity to the dielectric, thus sending power across wider angles and resulting in less accurate imaging. In this paper, we improve through-wall RTI by using an E-shaped patch antenna we design to be mounted to an exterior wall. Along with its directionality, the E-shaped patch antenna is designed to avoid impedance mismatches when brought into close proximity of a dielectric material, thus increasing radiation through the exterior wall and along the link line. From our experiments, we demonstrate that the E-shaped patch antenna can reduce the median root mean square localization error by up to 43% when compared to microstrip patch and omnidirectional antennas. For equal error performance, the E-shaped patch antenna allows an RTI system to reduce power and bandwidth usage by using fewer nodes and measuring on fewer channels.","PeriodicalId":251364,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE International Conference on RFID (RFID)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121640024","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 low power 2.4 GHz superheterodyne receiver architecture with external LO for wirelessly powered backscatter tags and sensors","authors":"Joshua F. Ensworth, A. T. Hoang, M. Reynolds","doi":"10.1109/RFID.2017.7945601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID.2017.7945601","url":null,"abstract":"We present a low power superheterodyne receiver architecture for wirelessly powered backscatter tags and sensors. This receiver architecture eliminates the power hungry local oscillator (LO) from the receiver by leveraging an external continuous wave (CW) carrier as both power source and LO source. The superheterodyne intermediate frequency (IF) is obtained from the output of a custom designed passive two-port mixer which simultaneously serves as an energy harvester. We have validated the proposed architecture at 2.4 GHz in benchtop proof-of-concept testing by successfully receiving and decoding Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) advertising packets, which use GFSK modulation at 1 Mbps.","PeriodicalId":251364,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE International Conference on RFID (RFID)","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115890102","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 better channel code than FM0 for next-generation RFID","authors":"G. Durgin, B. Degnan","doi":"10.1109/RFID.2017.7945578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID.2017.7945578","url":null,"abstract":"We present an optimized modulation scheme that outperforms EPC UHF Gen2's FM0 protocol in terms of throughput without compromising power consumption, signal fidelity, or RFID chip complexity. We analyze a rate 6/8-balance code, which increases throughput by 50%, to show how fidelity and complexity compares favorably to the current Gen2 FM0 backscatter modulation scheme. This improvement could be used to singulate larger fields of RFID tags faster or to retrieve larger blocks of information from sensors/tags of the future.","PeriodicalId":251364,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE International Conference on RFID (RFID)","volume":"204 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126400023","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 fast active leakage cancellation method for UHF RFID readers","authors":"Kerem Kapucu, M. Pauli, C. Dehollain","doi":"10.1109/RFID.2017.7945606","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID.2017.7945606","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, a fast method for vector modulation based active leakage cancellation is proposed for UHF RFID readers. The search space is narrowed by an initial phase and amplitude comparison between the reference signal and the leakage signal. The proposed method achieves up to 32% reduction in the number of search steps with up to 60 dB suppression in the leaked signal power. Moreover, the settling time can be further reduced by putting an upper limit on the residual leakage power so that the search will be terminated once the residual leakage drops below a predefined value. By this way, up to 69% reduction in the number of search steps and up to 39% reduction in settling time can be achieved by setting the limit at −50 dBm.","PeriodicalId":251364,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE International Conference on RFID (RFID)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125606614","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}
Mathieu Le Breton, L. Baillet, É. Larose, E. Rey, P. Benech, D. Jongmans, F. Guyoton
{"title":"Outdoor meteorological effects on UHF RFID phase shift: Experimental simulations","authors":"Mathieu Le Breton, L. Baillet, É. Larose, E. Rey, P. Benech, D. Jongmans, F. Guyoton","doi":"10.1109/RFID.2017.7945594","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RFID.2017.7945594","url":null,"abstract":"The present study investigates meteorological factors that affect the phase of RFID passive tags at 868 MHz, in outdoor conditions. The study identifies the effect of the water on the antennas, the temperature of the cables and tags, the moisture of the tag support, and the atmospheric conditions. These effects could lead to over 8 radians phase drift, over a year in a typical environment. That leads to a possible yearly error of 20 centimeters in a typical outdoor ranging application. The article proposes techniques to correct those effects, in order to increase the accuracy of phase-based outdoor monitoring applications.","PeriodicalId":251364,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE International Conference on RFID (RFID)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131566760","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}