Design and development of radio frequency identification (RFID) and RFID-enabled sensors on flexible low cost substrates

This book presents a step-by-step discussion of the Design and Development of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and RFID-enabled Sensors on Flexible Low Cost Substrates for the UHF Frequency bands. Various examples of fully function building blocks (design and fabrication of antennas, integratio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Li, Yang.
Other Authors: Rida, Amin., Tentzeris, Manos M.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2009.
Series:Synthesis lectures on RF/microwaves (Online) ; # 1.
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Table of Contents:
  • Radio frequency identification introduction
  • History of radio frequency identification (RFID)
  • Challenges in RFID tag design
  • The cost of RFID tag
  • Tag performance
  • RFID/sensor integration
  • Flexible organic low cost substrates
  • Paper: the ultimate solution for lowest cost environmentally friendly RF
  • Substrate
  • Dielectric characterization of the paper substrate
  • Dielectric constant measurements
  • Dielectric loss tangent measurements
  • Cavity resonator method
  • Liquid crystal polymer: properties and benefits for RF applications
  • Inkjet-printing technology and conductive ink
  • Benchmarking RFID prototypes on organic substrates
  • RFID antenna design challenges
  • RFID antenna with serial stub feeding structures
  • Design approach
  • Antenna circuit modeling
  • Measurement results and discussion
  • Effect on antenna parameters when placed on common packaging materials
  • Bowtie T-match RFID antenna
  • Design approach
  • Results and discussion
  • Monopole antenna
  • Design approach
  • Results and discussion
  • Antenna gain measurement
  • Conformal magnetic composite RFID tags
  • Inkjet-printed RFID-enabled sensors
  • Active RFID-enabled sensor
  • Passive RFID-enabled sensor.