A temperature and gas sensor integrated on a 915MHz RFID UHF tag

Author

Guerin, Mathieu ; Lauque, Pascal ; Bergeret, Emmanuel ; Pannier, Philippe

Author_Institution

Inst. Mater. Microelectron. Nanosci. de Provence, Marseille, France

fYear

2010

fDate

Aug. 28 2010-Sept. 3 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We present a new battery-free RFID sensor which can be used as a node of a low cost sensor network. It can be used to detect either temperature and gas concentration, depending on the choice of the sensitive element. Its main features are a low consumption, a temperature sensibility range from 0 to 70°C with a maximum reading distance of 7 m and an ammonia detection sensibility range from 0 to 10 ppm with a distance of 14 m. The circuit was layouted on ST Microelectronics 0.13 μm CMOS technology on a surface of 0.076 mm².

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; gas sensors; radiofrequency identification; temperature sensors; wireless sensor networks; RFID UHF tag; ST Microelectronics CMOS technology; ammonia detection sensibility; battery-free RFID sensor; frequency 915 MHz; gas concentration; gas sensor; low cost sensor network; size 0.13 mum; temperature 0 C to 70 C; temperature concentration; temperature sensor; Radiofrequency identification; Regulators; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Voltage control; Voltage-controlled oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Information Technology and Systems (ICWITS), 2010 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7091-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICWITS.2010.5611826

Filename

5611826