RFID and Wireless Sensors using Ultra-Wideband Technology

RFID and Wireless Sensors using Ultra-Wideband Technology explores how RFID-based technologies are becoming the first choice to realize the last (wireless) link in the chain between each element and the Internet due to their low cost and simplicity. Each day, more and more elements are being connected to the Internet of Things. In this book, ultra-wideband radio technology (in time domain) is exploited to realize this wireless link. Chipless, semi-passive and active RFID systems and wireless sensors and prototypes are proposed in terms of reader (setup and signal processing techniques) and tags (design, integration of sensors and performance). The authors include comprehensive theories, proposals of advanced techniques, and their implementation to help readers develop time-domain ultra-wideband radio technology for a variety of applications. This book is suitable for post-doctoral candidates, experienced researchers, and engineers developing RFID, tag antenna designs, chipless RFID, and sensor integration.

Angel Ramos received the BS in Telecommunication Engineering, the MS in Electronic Engineering and the PhD in Electronic, Automatic and Communication Engineering from Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Tarragona, Spain, in 2010, 2011 and 2015, respectively. Since 2015, he works as a Research Fellow at Laboratoire de Conception et d'Integration des Systemes (LCIS), Grenoble-INP, France. He is the author or co-author of 14 peer-reviewed journal papers and 12 international conference papers. He has worked as a reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, and IEEE Sensors Journal, among others. His research interests are: radar applied to remote sensing, RFID, UWB and wireless sensors.

Chapter 1: Introduction to RFID and Chipless RFIDChapter 2: Chipless Time-Coded UWB RFID: Reader, Signal Processing and Tag DesignChapter 3: Wireless Sensors Using Chipless Time-Coded UWB RFIDChapter 4: Semi-Passive Time-coded UWB RFID: Analog and Digital ApproachesChapter 5: Wireless Sensors using Semi-Passive UWB RFIDChapter 6: Active Time-coded UWB RFIDChapter 7: Indoor Localization with Smart Floor Based on Time-coded UWB RFID and Ground Penetrating Radar