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Time-Domain Signature Barcodes for Chipless-RFID and Sensing Applications

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An unconventional approach for the implementation of chipless-RFID systems and related sensors is reported in this book. As it will be shown in Chap. 2, the tags consist of chains of identical resonant elements or inclusions (either functional or inoperative), etched or printed at predefined positions on a dielectric substrate, and tag reading proceeds by time-division multiplexing through near field. In a reading operation, the tag should be mechanically guided above the sensitive part of the reader, a planar microwave structure able to detect (through near-field coupling and sequentially) the functional and inoperative resonators, or inclusions, of the tag, consequently providing the ID code.

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  1. Departament d’Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain

    Ferran Martín

  2. Departament d’Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain

    Cristian Herrojo

  3. Departamento de Ingeniería de Comunicaciones, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain

    Javier Mata-Contreras

  4. Departament d’Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain

    Ferran Paredes

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Martín, F., Herrojo, C., Mata-Contreras, J., Paredes, F. (2020). State-of-the-Art in Chipless-RFID Technology. In: Time-Domain Signature Barcodes for Chipless-RFID and Sensing Applications. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 647. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39726-5_1

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