• DocumentCode
    673961
  • Title

    A monopole-coupled RFID sensor for pervasive soil moisture monitoring

  • Author

    Hasan, Aftab ; Bhattacharyya, R. ; Sarma, Sridevi

  • Author_Institution
    Sector H-12, Nat. Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Islamabad, Pakistan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    7-13 July 2013
  • Firstpage
    2309
  • Lastpage
    2310
  • Abstract
    We present the design of an RFID-based passive sensor for pervasive soil moisture monitoring. Permittivity of soil changes with variations in moisture content causing a controlled change in the signal response of an RFID tag. We demonstrate that the passive sensor can reliably detect soil moisture content over a read distance of at least 0.8 m. Future research directions and prospective design improvements are also discussed.
  • Keywords
    geophysical techniques; moisture measurement; monopole antennas; permittivity; radiofrequency identification; radiotelemetry; sensors; soil; monopole-coupled RFID sensor; pervasive soil moisture monitoring; signal response; soil change permittivity; soil moisture content detection; Antennas; Moisture; Probes; Radiofrequency identification; Soil moisture;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Orlando, FL
  • ISSN
    1522-3965
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5315-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2013.6711813
  • Filename
    6711813