Chipless RFID Sensors (eBook)

Dr. Nemai Karmakar obtained his PhD in ITEE from the University of Queensland, Australia, in February 1999. In 2004, Dr. Karmakar formed the RFID and Antenna Research Group at Monash University, Australia. Dr. Karmakar is a pioneer in fully printable chipless RFID tags, readers, signal processing, and smart antennas. He has published extensively in the field, authoring and co-authoring more than 350 scientific journal and conference articles, 8 books, 35 book chapters, and 9 patent applications. Dr. Emran Md Amin obtained his PhD from the Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering Department of Monash University in May 2015. He was a visiting researcher at the Auto-ID Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His research areas include chipless RFID sensors using electromagnetic metamaterial structures, smart materials for RF sensing, and thin film sensing for biomedical applications. Dr. Jhantu Kumar Saha obtained his PhD from the Saitama University, Japan, in March 2008. Before joining Monash University, he completed his post-doctoral research in the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), University of Toronto, Canada, and Swinburne University of Technology, Australia. His research areas include thin-film growth methods and characterization techniques, and nano-fabrication techniques of solar cells and sensors.

Preface

Acknowledgement

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Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Tracking ID Technology

1.2 Chipless RFID Sensor System

1.3 Proposed Chipless RFID Sensor

1.4 Chapter Overview

Chapter 2 Literature Review

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Traditional RFID Sensors

2.3 Challenges and Limitations of Current Chipless RFID Sensor

2.4 Motivation for a Novel Chipless RFID Sensor

2.5 Proposed Chipless RFID Sensor

2.6 Conclusion

Chapter 3 Passive Microwave Design

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Chapter Overview

3.3 Theory

3.4 Design

3.5 Simulation and Measured Results

3.6 Conclusion

Chapter 4 Smart Materials for Chipless RFID Sensors

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Sensing Materials

4.3 Temperature Sensing Materials

4.4 Humidity Sensing Materials

4.5 PH Sensing Materials

4.6 Gas Sensing Materials

4.7 Strain and Crack Sensing Materials

4.8 Light Sensing Materials

4.9 Other Potentials Smart Materials for RF Sensing

4.10 Discussion

4.11 Conclusion

Chapter 5 Characterization of Smart Materials

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Characterization of Materials

5.3 X-Ray Diffraction

5.4 Raman Scattering Spectroscopy

5.5 Secondary ion mass spectrometer (SIMS)

5.6 Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)

5.7 Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)

5.8 Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)

5.9 Infrared Spectroscopy (Fourier-Transform Infrared Reflection, FTIR)

5.10 Spectroscopic Ellipsometry

5.11 UV-Visible Spectrometers

5.12 Electrical Conductivity Measurement

5.13 Microwave Characterization ( scattering parameters i.e. complex permittivity, dielectric loss, reflection loss etc.) for sensing materials

5.14 Discussion on characterization of smart materials

5.15 Conclusion

Chapter 6 Chipless RFID Sensor for Non-invasive PD Detection and Localization

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Theory

6.3 PD Localization using Cascaded Multi-resonator Sensor

6.4 Simultaneous PD Detection

6.5 Conclusion

Chapter 7 Chipless RFID Sensor for Real-time Environmental Monitoring

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Phase 1. Humidity Sensing Polymer Characterisation and Sensitivity Analysis

7.3 Phase 2. Chipless RFID Humidity Sensor

7.4 Conclusion

Chapter 8 Chipless RFID Temperature Memory and Multiparameter Sensor

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Phase 1: Chipless RFID Memory Sensor

8.3 Phase 2: Chipless RFID Multi-parameter Sensor

8.4 Conclusion

Chapter 9 Nanofabrication Techniques for Chipless RFID Sensors

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Fabrication Techniques

9.3 Electro-Deposition

9.4 Physical Vapor Deposition

9.5 Wet-Chemical Synthesis

9.6 Plasma Processing

9.7 Etching

9.8 Laser Etching

9.9 Lithography

9.10 Surface or Bulk Micromachining

9.11 Printing Techniques

9.12 Discussion on nano-fabrication techniques

9.13 Conclusion

Chapter 10 Chipless RFID Reader Architecture

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Reader Architecture

10.3 Operation Flow Chart of a Chipless RFID Reader

10.4 Conclusion

Chapter 11 Case Studies

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Food Safety

11.3 Health

11.4 Smart Home

11.5 Agricultural Industry

11.6 Emergencies Services

11.7 Infrastructure Condition Monitoring

11.8 Transportation

11.9 Security

11.10 Power Industry

11.11 Discussion

11.12 Conclusion

Bibliography

Index