RFID Humidity Sensor Tag for Low-cost Applications

Authors

  • Amjad Ali ACTSENA Research Group University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Taxila, 47050, Pakistan
  • Syeda I. Jafri ACTSENA Research Group University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Taxila, 47050, Pakistan
  • Ayesha Habib ACTSENA Research Group University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Taxila, 47050, Pakistan
  • Yasar Amin 1 ACTSENA Research Group University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Taxila, 47050, Pakistan,2 .iPack VINN Excellence Center Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Isafjordsgatn 39, Stockholm, SE-16440, Sweden
  • Hannu Tenhunen iPack VINN Excellence Center Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Isafjordsgatn 39, Stockholm, SE-16440, Sweden, 2.TUCS, Department of Information Technology University of Turku, Turku, 20520, Finland

Keywords:

Moisture sensor, radar cross section, relative humidity, RFID

Abstract

This article presents a low-cost, flexible, chipless Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag for humidity monitoring applications. The tag exhibits moisture sensing feature within a compact geometrical dimension of 20mm x 17.6mm. The design is loaded with 12 resonators, where each resonator represents 1 bit in the frequency domain. For the designed 12-bit tag, 11 inverted C-shaped resonators are dedicated for encoding 11-bit information in their spectral signature. An integrated meandered-shaped resonator, covered with moisture sensitive Kapton® HN film, functions as a 1-bit moisture sensor. It is deployed for monitoring relative humidity (RH) levels, simultaneously. The passive RFID tag is realized on Taconic TLX-0 and has an operational bandwidth of 2.62 GHz. Furthermore, the design is modeled and analyzed for multiple substrates. The performance of the sensor tag for various humidity levels indicates that it is a potential solution for inexpensive sensing applications.

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Published

2021-07-30

How to Cite

[1]
Amjad Ali, Syeda I. Jafri, Ayesha Habib, Yasar Amin, and Hannu Tenhunen, “RFID Humidity Sensor Tag for Low-cost Applications”, ACES Journal, vol. 32, no. 12, pp. 1083–1088, Jul. 2021.

Issue

2017: Vol 32 Iss 12

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General Submission