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On the application of the EM-imaging for chipless RFID tags

Part of: Chipless RFID

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2015

M. Zomorrodi  and
N.C. Karmakar
M. Zomorrodi*
Affiliation:
Monash University, Clayton Campus, Wellington Road, Clayton, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia. Phone: +61415524457
N.C. Karmakar
Affiliation:
Monash University, Clayton Campus, Wellington Road, Clayton, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia. Phone: +61415524457
*
Corresponding author: M. Zomorrodi Email: mohammad.zomorrodi@monash.edu
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Abstract

The electromagnetic (EM) imaging technique at mm-band 60 GHz is proposed for data encoding purpose in the chipless Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems. The fully printable chipless RFID tag comprises tiny conductive EM polarizers to create high cross-polar radar cross-section. Synthetic aperture radar approach is applied for formation of the tag's EM-image and revealing the tag's content. The achieved high data encoding capacity of 2 bits/cm2 in this technique based on a fully printable tag is very convincing for many applications. The system immunity to multipath interference, bending effect, and printing inaccuracy suggests huge potentials for low-cost item tagging. Tags are also readable through a tick paper envelop; hence secure identification is provided by the proposed technique.

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mm-waveEM-imagingSynthetic aperture radar

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Chipless RFID
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Wireless Power Transfer , Volume 2 , Special Issue 2: Chipless Technologies , September 2015 , pp. 86 - 96
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