{"title":"Multi Target Optical Positioning System - MTOPS","authors":"Joachim Haefner, M. Sippel, L. Reindl","doi":"10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307872","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307872","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we present the bodywork of an optical positioning system using active position receivers. The system uses free-space optical communication to its components, which perform cooperative self-localization. The system is multi target capable and can be used in- and outdoors. We describe the individual components of the system as well as the related performance we achieve.","PeriodicalId":273435,"journal":{"name":"2009 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop on Wireless Sensing, Local Positioning, and RFID","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122540982","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":"Ultra low-power techniques for sensor-enhanced RFID tags","authors":"D. Brenk, J. Essel, J. Heidrich, R. Weigel","doi":"10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307885","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307885","url":null,"abstract":"This paper gives an overview on current design techniques for ultra low-power applications in passive UHF RFID tags. Specialized sensor data acquisition methods are discussed as well as generic sensor interfaces and their building blocks. Analog to digital converters working in ranges of less than 100 fJ/conversion-step are presented which can be applied as data converters for generic interfaces. Example calculations and simulations on single circuits are made to prove operability at UHF RFID conditions of only several µA available at 1 V supply voltage.","PeriodicalId":273435,"journal":{"name":"2009 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop on Wireless Sensing, Local Positioning, and RFID","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128521168","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":"Near-field subsurface detection in lossy media using single split resonator probe","authors":"Zhao Ren, M. Boybay, O. Ramahi","doi":"10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307898","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307898","url":null,"abstract":"Recently, we showed that single negative media can significantly enhance the sensitivity of near-field probes. Inspired by this recent finding, we propose a new near-field probe that uses only one single split ring resonator instead of a periodic arrangement of these resonators. We show through numerical simulations that the new proposed probe lead to significant enhancement in the sensitivity as measured by the change in phase in the reflection coefficient. Experimental tests were conducted to detect the presence of a small aluminum block located behind a layer of ground chicken (lossy medium). Preliminary results show that with our new probe, a phase change in the reflection coefficient of 14 degrees can be achieved for 2 mm thick ground chicken and 6.24 mm aluminum cube at an operation frequency of 1.16 GHz.","PeriodicalId":273435,"journal":{"name":"2009 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop on Wireless Sensing, Local Positioning, and RFID","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128482076","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-enabled temperature sensing devices: A major step forward for energy efficiency in home and industrial applications?","authors":"Joe Dowling, M. Tentzeris, Nick Beckett","doi":"10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307884","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307884","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the results of ongoing research in the area of autonomous RFID-enabled wireless sensors, focusing on low-power sensor nodes for use in temperature sensing applications. Low-power chipless RFID sensors operating in the 2.4 GHz band are utilized. The sensors are required to be completely autonomous, energy-independent, inexpensive, and easy to install. The compact design for both the sensors and reader will be considered, as well as the effects of operation/interference in the unlicensed frequency bands. Finally, the deployment of multiple sensors in benchmarking energy management application scenarios will be described accompanied by an assessment of the potential of this RFID-related technology for truly ubiquitous temperature measurement systems.","PeriodicalId":273435,"journal":{"name":"2009 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop on Wireless Sensing, Local Positioning, and RFID","volume":"53 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131746506","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}
M. Loschonsky, C. Feige, O. Rogall, S. Fisun, L. Reindl
{"title":"Detection technology for trapped and buried people","authors":"M. Loschonsky, C. Feige, O. Rogall, S. Fisun, L. Reindl","doi":"10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307879","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307879","url":null,"abstract":"In this contribution we discuss the first results of a running project1, I-LOV, within the German national research program for civil security funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) concerning improved time efficiency and reliable novel detection systems for search and rescue. Classical detection technology covers borescopes and geophones in combination with K-9 units for search and rescue missions in ruins, detritus and cones of debris. An improved and time efficient approach for search of vital signs can be realised with UWB (ultra wide band) radar systems, where a very short wide band pulse is transmitted, or with continuous wave (CW) radar systems for measuring movements like respiration. An improvement of CW with a frequency modulation (FM) leads to FMCW radar systems allowing measuring the distance to targets, i.e. buried people. The search for people carrying electronic RF-devices can be assisted with pulse radar systems. Frequency filters of such devices can be exposed to a radar pulse near the filters' resonance frequency and an echo can be detected enabling the localization of a device and probably of the owner, too.","PeriodicalId":273435,"journal":{"name":"2009 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop on Wireless Sensing, Local Positioning, and RFID","volume":"150 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134502555","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":"Integrated low-power RFID-S-system for online temperature and high-resolution displacement monitoring on high speed spindle rotors","authors":"T. Jager, P. Sulzberger, K. Wulff, L. Reindl","doi":"10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307873","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a low-power RFID-S-system for condition monitoring in high-speed motor spindles. In modern metal cutting machine tools the machining result strongly depends on the motor spindles accuracy. Latest developments on high-speed cutting (hsc) and high-performance cutting (hpc) are leading to substantial increasing temperatures and mechanical elongations of the machine parts, which are resulting in decreasing machining precision. Beside wired sensors on stationary parts, temperature- and displacement-measuring systems on fast rotational dynamic shafts like the spindles rotor are very important, since this is the direct interface between the machine tool and the work piece. Different approaches for laboratory setups are known from literature [1], [2]. In this work, a fully spindle-integrated and tested solution suitable for mass production is presented.","PeriodicalId":273435,"journal":{"name":"2009 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop on Wireless Sensing, Local Positioning, and RFID","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114830556","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 concept for infrastructure independent localization and augmented reality visualization of RFID tags","authors":"S. Kunkel, R. Bieber, Ming-Shih Huang, M. Vossiek","doi":"10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307726","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307726","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we present a multi sensor concept for localization and augmented-reality visualization of backscatter RFID tags. The sensor data of a camera and a RFID FMCW reader system are combined based on a synthetic aperture radar principle. The system enables the localization of tagged goods without the use of any installed infrastructure. We integrate a FMCW RFID reader and a camera system into a handheld device. While the handheld device is moved around, radar measurements as well as images of the surrounding area are taken at a number of locations. Thus, a synthetic aperture is generated and the position of the tags is calculated based on a SAR localization algorithm. Based on the imagery of the camera the user receives an augmented visual impression of where to find the RFID transponders.","PeriodicalId":273435,"journal":{"name":"2009 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop on Wireless Sensing, Local Positioning, and RFID","volume":"133 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120909407","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":"Optimization of NFC compatible transponder with respect to the nonlinear IC impedance","authors":"W. Lin, B. Geck, H. Eul","doi":"10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307887","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307887","url":null,"abstract":"A very important quality factor of a transponder is its threshold field strength which is a result of the performance of the integrated circuit (IC) and the loop antenna. This is very important for near field communication (NFC) applications to ensure a fast and reliable communication between the active device and the transponder with a minimum of battery power. In this paper a new approach using a nonlinear model for the IC and an analytical description of the coil is presented to design a loop antenna with minimal threshold field strength. For comparison the IC is modeled with both a linear model and a nonlinear model. The optimization results for both cases show clearly the advantage of the procedure with a nonlinear IC model. Afterwards, the design constraints due to the input capacitance of the IC is analyzed.","PeriodicalId":273435,"journal":{"name":"2009 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop on Wireless Sensing, Local Positioning, and RFID","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125376164","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":"Automatic detection of concealed dielectric objects for personnel imaging","authors":"S. S. Ahmed, O. Ostwald, L. Schmidt","doi":"10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307899","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307899","url":null,"abstract":"A technique for the automatic detection of concealed dielectric objects carried by persons is presented. The method is applicable for microwave personnel scanners with sufficient signal bandwidth and is expected to resolve the trade-off with the privacy of the scanned persons, allowing for efficient detection without the need for a human operator. Algorithm description along with measurement results in W-band are presented.","PeriodicalId":273435,"journal":{"name":"2009 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop on Wireless Sensing, Local Positioning, and RFID","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116956807","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":"Pattern reconfigurable compact antenna","authors":"T. Debogovic, J. Bartolić","doi":"10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307875","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMWS2.2009.5307875","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a design of an compact antenna providing two diverse radiation patterns, which results from the excitation of two different modes. The antenna consists of a capacitively fed annular ring microstrip antenna, which can be shorted via shorting pins on its edges using pin diodes. Therefore, depending on the state of the pin diodes, the antenna operates in normal patch mode (TM11) or unipolar wire-patch mode. The resonance frequencies of both modes are nearly the same and they have overlapping 10 dB impedance bandwidths. In this design, only a single feed point is needed for both excitations. Detail design considerations are described. Simulated and experimental results are also presented and discussed.","PeriodicalId":273435,"journal":{"name":"2009 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop on Wireless Sensing, Local Positioning, and RFID","volume":"163 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125925081","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}