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- Dissipation factor and permittivity estimation of dielectric substrates using a single microstrip line measurementPublication . Gonçalves, Ricardo; Magueta, Roberto; Pinho, Pedro; Carvalho, NunoThe knowledge of the dielectric properties of materials, for the design of several components and circuits at high frequencies, is mandatory. In this paper, we present a simple method for the estimation of the dissipation factor (loss tangent) of dielectric materials based on the reflection measurement of a single microstrip line, which is applied to some common known materials, such as FR-4 and Rogers RO3010 laminates. The obtained results match well with the data on the literature for the considered materials.
- RFID-based wireless passive sensors utilizing cork materialsPublication . Gonçalves, Ricardo; Rima, Sergi; Magueta, Roberto; Pinho, Pedro; Collado, Ana; Georgiadis, Apostolos; Hester, Jimmy; Carvalho, Nuno Borges; Tentzeris, Manos M.This paper presents the design of low-cost, conformal UHF antennas and RFID tags on two types of cork substrates: 1) natural cork and 2) agglomerate cork. Such RFID tags find an application in wine bottle and barrel identification, and in addition, they are suitable for numerous antenna-based sensing applications. This paper includes the high-frequency characterization of the selected cork substrates considering the anisotropic behavior of such materials. In addition, the variation of their permittivity values as a function of the humidity is also verified. As a proof-of-concept demonstration, three conformal RFID tags have been implemented on cork, and their performance has been evaluated using both a commercial Alien ALR8800 reader and an in-house measurement setup. The reading of all tags has been checked, and a satisfactory performance has been verified, with reading ranges spanning from 0.3 to 6 m. In addition, this paper discusses how inkjet printing can be applied to cork surfaces, and an RFID tag printed on cork is used as a humidity sensor. Its performance is tested under different humidity conditions, and a good range in excess of 3 m has been achieved, allied to a good sensitivity obtained with a shift of >5 dB in threshold power of the tag for different humid conditions.
- RFID passive tag antenna for cork bottle stopperPublication . Gonçalves, Ricardo; Magueta, Roberto; Pinho, Pedro; Carvalho, Nuno BorgesIn this paper we propose a possible design for a RFID tag antenna embedded into cork. The antenna is small and conformal and intended to be used into bottle stoppers for tracking and logging purposes of wine or other beverages. The proposed design is based on an inductive ring and an added resistance in order to modify the current distributions of the antenna. The resulting antenna has a relatively directive radiation pattern and despite the small efficiency it is able to operate with a commercial RFID reader at a reasonable distance. © 2014 IEEE.
- UHF RFID tag antenna for bottle labelingPublication . Gonçalves, Ricardo; Carvalho, Nuno Borges; Magueta, Roberto; Duarte, Alcídia; Pinho, PedroIn this paper we present a possible design for a passive RFID tag antenna on paper substrate to be integrated into bottle labels. Considering the application scenario, we verified and determined the permittivity and dissipation factor of the materials in order to simulate all the possible sources that would influence the antenna performance. The measured results reported a maximum reading range of 1.45 m even though the efficiency obtained with the antenna integrated into the bottle was only of 3%. © 2014 IEEE.