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Measurement system for over-the-air evaluation of UHF RFID tags quality

  • Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy. Phone: +39 0832 297261

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    Riccardo Colella received the M.Sc. degree (with honors) in Telecommunication Engineering in 2010 and the Ph.D. degree in Information Engineering in 2015 from the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy. Currently, he is a research fellow in the Electromagnetic Fields Group at the University of Salento. His main research interests are in the area of radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology with the design of novel RFID devices with augmented capabilities supporting the Internet of Things and novel techniques for RFID tag antenna prototyping and characterization. He authored about 70 papers that have appeared in international journals and at national and international conferences, two book chapters with international distribution, and a patent.
    Luca Catarinucci received the Laurea degree (with honors) in Electronic Engineering from the University of Perugia, Italy, in 1998. Since 2003, he has been with the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy, where he is currently an Assistant Professor of Electromagnetic Fields and Professor of Microwaves with the Department of Innovation Engineering. He authored more than 110 papers published in international journals and conferences and four chapters books with international diffusion. He holds two patents. His research activity has been mostly focused on the implementation of high-performance electromagnetic simulation tools, on the electromagnetic characterization of heterogeneous materials, on the use of time-domain reflectometry for the qualitative and quantitative characterization of fluids. Currently he is strongly involved in RFID-related activities, ranging from antenna and system design, integration between sensors and RFID tags, RFID-based robot navigation, and new techniques for tag characterization, optimization, and design. He is also responsible of the RFID division of the Electromagnetic Laboratory of the University of Salento.
    Luciano Tarricone received the Laurea degree (cum-laude) in Electronic Engineering and the Ph.D. degree from Rome University "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy, in 1989 and 1994, respectively. Since 1994, he has been a Researcher at the University of Perugia, Italy, and since 1998, he has been a "Professore Incaricato" of EM fields and EM compatibility. Since November 2001, he is a Faculty Member with the Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy, where he is Full Professor of Electromagnetic Fields. He has authored approximately 300 scientific papers. His main contributions are in the modeling of microscopic interactions of EM fields and biosystems, and in numerical methods for efficient computer-aided design (CAD) of microwave circuits and antennas. He is currently involved in bioelectromagnetics, EM energy harvesting and wireless power transmission, novel CAD tools and procedures for MW circuits, RFID, and EM high-performance computing
  • Corresponding author: R. Colella Email: riccardo.colella@unisalento.it 
  • Radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology is a consolidated example of wireless power transfer system in which passive electromagnetic labels called tags are able to harvest electromagnetic energy from the reader antennas, power-up their internal circuitry and provide the automatic identification of objects. Being fully passive, the performance of RFID tags is strongly dependent on the context, so that the selection of the most suitable tag for the specific application becomes a key point. In this work, a cost-effective but accurate system for the over-the-air electromagnetic characterization of assembled UHF RFID tags is firstly presented and then validated through comparison with a consolidated and diffused measurement systems. Moreover, challenging use-cases demonstrating the usefulness of the proposed systems in analyzing the electromagnetic performance of label-type tags also when applied on different material or embedded into concrete structures have been carried out.

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    Colella R, Catarinucci L, Tarricone L. 2017. Measurement system for over-the-air evaluation of UHF RFID tags quality. Wireless Power Transfer 4(1): 33-41 doi: 10.1017/wpt.2016.13
    Colella R, Catarinucci L, Tarricone L. 2017. Measurement system for over-the-air evaluation of UHF RFID tags quality. Wireless Power Transfer 4(1): 33-41 doi: 10.1017/wpt.2016.13
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ARTICLE   Open Access    

Measurement system for over-the-air evaluation of UHF RFID tags quality

  • Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy. Phone: +39 0832 297261

  • Author Bio:
    Riccardo Colella received the M.Sc. degree (with honors) in Telecommunication Engineering in 2010 and the Ph.D. degree in Information Engineering in 2015 from the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy. Currently, he is a research fellow in the Electromagnetic Fields Group at the University of Salento. His main research interests are in the area of radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology with the design of novel RFID devices with augmented capabilities supporting the Internet of Things and novel techniques for RFID tag antenna prototyping and characterization. He authored about 70 papers that have appeared in international journals and at national and international conferences, two book chapters with international distribution, and a patent.
    Luca Catarinucci received the Laurea degree (with honors) in Electronic Engineering from the University of Perugia, Italy, in 1998. Since 2003, he has been with the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy, where he is currently an Assistant Professor of Electromagnetic Fields and Professor of Microwaves with the Department of Innovation Engineering. He authored more than 110 papers published in international journals and conferences and four chapters books with international diffusion. He holds two patents. His research activity has been mostly focused on the implementation of high-performance electromagnetic simulation tools, on the electromagnetic characterization of heterogeneous materials, on the use of time-domain reflectometry for the qualitative and quantitative characterization of fluids. Currently he is strongly involved in RFID-related activities, ranging from antenna and system design, integration between sensors and RFID tags, RFID-based robot navigation, and new techniques for tag characterization, optimization, and design. He is also responsible of the RFID division of the Electromagnetic Laboratory of the University of Salento.
    Luciano Tarricone received the Laurea degree (cum-laude) in Electronic Engineering and the Ph.D. degree from Rome University "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy, in 1989 and 1994, respectively. Since 1994, he has been a Researcher at the University of Perugia, Italy, and since 1998, he has been a "Professore Incaricato" of EM fields and EM compatibility. Since November 2001, he is a Faculty Member with the Department of Innovation Engineering, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy, where he is Full Professor of Electromagnetic Fields. He has authored approximately 300 scientific papers. His main contributions are in the modeling of microscopic interactions of EM fields and biosystems, and in numerical methods for efficient computer-aided design (CAD) of microwave circuits and antennas. He is currently involved in bioelectromagnetics, EM energy harvesting and wireless power transmission, novel CAD tools and procedures for MW circuits, RFID, and EM high-performance computing
  • Corresponding author: R. Colella Email: riccardo.colella@unisalento.it 
Wireless Power Transfer  4,  Article number: 10.1017/wpt.2016.13  (2017)  |  Cite this article

Abstract: Radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology is a consolidated example of wireless power transfer system in which passive electromagnetic labels called tags are able to harvest electromagnetic energy from the reader antennas, power-up their internal circuitry and provide the automatic identification of objects. Being fully passive, the performance of RFID tags is strongly dependent on the context, so that the selection of the most suitable tag for the specific application becomes a key point. In this work, a cost-effective but accurate system for the over-the-air electromagnetic characterization of assembled UHF RFID tags is firstly presented and then validated through comparison with a consolidated and diffused measurement systems. Moreover, challenging use-cases demonstrating the usefulness of the proposed systems in analyzing the electromagnetic performance of label-type tags also when applied on different material or embedded into concrete structures have been carried out.

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    Colella R, Catarinucci L, Tarricone L. 2017. Measurement system for over-the-air evaluation of UHF RFID tags quality. Wireless Power Transfer 4(1): 33-41 doi: 10.1017/wpt.2016.13
    Colella R, Catarinucci L, Tarricone L. 2017. Measurement system for over-the-air evaluation of UHF RFID tags quality. Wireless Power Transfer 4(1): 33-41 doi: 10.1017/wpt.2016.13
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