Title :
Time-coded chipless RFID temperature sensor with self-calibration based on a Vivaldi antenna
Author :
Ramos, Angel ; Girbau, David ; Lazaro, Antonio ; Villarino, R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Electr. & Autom. Control Eng., Univ. Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
Abstract :
This paper proposes a radio frequency identification (RFID) sensor based on an ultra-wide band (UWB) Vivaldi antenna loaded with two transmission lines. The time-domain response is composed by a structural and two tag (or antenna) mode reflections. Each transmission line generates its own tag mode. One tag mode is used to sense temperature, and the other is used to calibrate the sensor. Experimental results obtained with two reader approaches are presented to validate the system.
Keywords :
radiofrequency identification; temperature sensors; ultra wideband antennas; RFID sensor; Vivaldi antenna; chipless RFID temperature sensor; radio frequency identification; self-calibrated temperature sensor; structural mode reflection; tag mode reflection; time coded RFID temperature sensor; ultrawide band antenna; Antenna radiation patterns; Calibration; Radiofrequency identification; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Vivaldi antenna; chipless RFID;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest (IMS), 2013 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6177-4
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2013.6697445