RFID-Based Sensors for Zero-Power Autonomous Wireless Sensor Networks

Author

Cook, Benjamin S. ; Vyas, Raul ; Sangkil Kim ; Trang Thai ; Taoran Le ; Traille, Anya ; Aubert, H. ; Tentzeris, Manos M.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

Volume

14

Issue

8

fYear

2014

fDate

Aug. 2014

Firstpage

2419

Lastpage

2431

Abstract

Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology has enabled a new class of low cost, wireless zero-power sensors, which open up applications in highly pervasive and distributed RFID-enabled sensing, which were previously not feasible with wired or battery powered wireless sensor nodes. This paper provides a review of RFID sensing techniques utilizing chip-based and chipless RFID principles, and presents a variety of implementations of RFID-based sensors, which can be used to detect strain, temperature, water quality, touch, and gas.

Keywords

electric sensing devices; radiofrequency identification; wireless sensor networks; RFID-based sensor; battery powered wireless sensor node; chip-based RFID principle; chipless RFID principle; gas detection; radiofrequency identification technology; strain detection; temperature detection; touch detection; water quality detection; zero-power autonomous wireless sensor network; Antennas; Backscatter; Radiofrequency identification; Temperature sensors; Topology; Wireless sensor networks; RFID; Wireless sensors; inkjet printing; mm-wave;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Sensors Journal, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1530-437X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSEN.2013.2297436

Filename

6701187