A Novel Near-Transparent ASK-Reconfigurable Inkjet-Printed Chipless RFID Tag

Author

Vena, Arnaud ; Babar, A.A. ; Sydanheimo, Lauri ; Tentzeris, Manos M. ; Ukkonen, Leena

Author_Institution

Tampere Univ. of Technol., Tampere, Finland

Volume

12

fYear

2013

fDate

2013

Firstpage

753

Lastpage

756

Abstract

The design of a novel chipless radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, which is inkjet-printed on a polyimide substrate, is presented. It is shown that a silver nanoparticles-based ink can be combined with a resistive organic ink to create a tag having a “near-transparent” configuration. By adding some transparent elements, we obtain various electromagnetic responses for tags visually similar. The tag is composed of three dual-rhombic loop resonators for a total size of 7 × 4 cm². It operates within the ultrawideband frequency range of 3-6 GHz. The resistive properties of the organic ink enable the implementation of a novel coding technique based on amplitude shift keying. Simulation and measurement results validate the concept and the novel coding technique.

Keywords

amplitude shift keying; ink jet printing; radiofrequency identification; amplitude shift keying; dual-rhombic loop resonators; electromagnetic responses; novel chipless radio frequency identification tag; novel coding technique; novel near-transparent ASK-reconfigurable inkjet-printed chipless RFID tag; silver nanoparticles-based ink; ultrawideband frequency range; Anti-counterfeiting; backscattering; carbon nanotube (CNT) ink; chipless radio frequency identification (RFID); inkjet printing; resistive strips; silver nanoparticles ink; transparent;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2013.2270932

Filename

6545328