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Microwave characterisation of polylactic acid for 3D-printed dielectrically controlled substrates

Luca Catarinucci, Riccardo Colella, Paolo Coppola, Luciano Tarricone

IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation > 2017 > 11 > 14 > 1970 - 1976

In this study, the characterisation of three-dimensional (3D)-printed substrates in terms of relative dielectric constant and loss tangent by using the T-resonator method is proposed. In particular, after the theoretical formulation of this method, the T-shape structure has been realised and its effectiveness in characterising also 3D-printed substrates in the frequency range between 800 and 5000...

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Comparison of Fabrication Techniques for Flexible UHF RFID Tag Antennas [Wireless Corner]

Riccardo Colella, Almudena Rivadeneyra, Alberto J. Palma, Luciano Tarricone, more

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine > 2017 > 59 > 5 > 159 - 168

The astonishing boom of radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology is stimulating plenty of new RFID-based industrial applications. Consequently, in the very near future, an almost unlimited number of RFID tags could be embedded into manufactured goods of various shapes, assets, and machineries to enable their communication abilities. As a result, prototyping techniques of RFID tags on flexible...

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Design of a 3D-printed circularly polarized antenna for portable UHF RFID readers

Riccardo Colella, Luca Catarinucci, Andrea Michel, Paolo Nepa

2017 IEEE International Conference on RFID Technology & Application (RFID-TA) > 225 - 228

2017 IEEE International Conference on RFID Technology & Application (RFID-TA)

In this paper, a compact, low-profile, circularly polarized UHF RFID reader antenna conformal to a dielectrically controlled plastic support is proposed. The radiating element for the UHF-RFID band (865–868 MHz) has been realized through a circular array of four inverted-F monopoles, where the array elements are excited with a 90-degree phase offset (sequential rotation feeding technique) through...

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Design of UHF RFID devices based on 3D-printing technology

Luca Catarinucci, Riccardo Colella

2017 2nd International Multidisciplinary Conference on Computer and Energy Science (SpliTech) > 1 - 4

2017 2nd International Multidisciplinary Conference on Computer and Energy Science (SpliTech)

3D-printing technology promises high added value in many scientific contexts, including that of new materials for electromagnetics. The joint use with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology is very appealing for designing new RFID-based smart devices while maintaining cost-effectiveness. In this work a T-Resonator structure for the dielectric characterization of substrates, including 3D-printed...

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Gen2 RFID as IoT Enabler: Characterization and Performance Improvement

Petar Solic, Zoran Blazevic, Maja Skiljo, Luigi Patrono, more

IEEE Wireless Communications > 2017 > 24 > 3 > 33 - 39

RFID has become an enabling technology for IoT implementation. In dynamic RFID scenarios, such as smart shops or industrial surroundings, it is crucial to identify every good, with an applied RFID tag, before it leaves the interrogation area. Currently, commercial reader solutions adopt DFSA protocol as a simple MAC that manages the communication between a reader and multiple tags. To increase DFSA...

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Improved RFID tag characterization system: Use case in the IoT arena

Riccardo Colella, Luca Catarinucci, Luciano Tarricone

2016 IEEE International Conference on RFID Technology and Applications (RFID-TA) > 172 - 176

2016 IEEE International Conference on RFID Technology and Applications (RFID-TA)

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is one of the most promising technologies to enable new smart applications in the framework of the Internet of Things (IoT). Nevertheless, from the electromagnetic point of view, the performance of the RFID tags is generally dependent on the context, so that the selection of the most suitable tag for the specific application becomes the key point. In this work,...

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Improved Battery-Less Augmented RFID Tag: Application on Ambient Sensing and Control

Riccardo Colella, Luca Catarinucci, Luciano Tarricone

IEEE Sensors Journal > 2016 > 16 > 10 > 3484 - 3485

In this letter, an improved version of a recently published battery-less augmented radio frequency identification device enabling a tag-reader cooperative approach is presented. Based on a specifically designed physical layer implementing a logical communication procedure over low-level reader protocol, the device is now capable to react to the reader solicitations by reasoning, asking for extra info,...

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A Geospatial Analysis of Severe Firearm Injuries Compared to Other Injury Mechanisms: Event Characteristics, Location, Timing, and Outcomes

Craig D. Newgard, Brittany J. Sanchez, Eileen M. Bulger, Karen J. Brasel, more

Academic Emergency Medicine > 23 > 5 > 554 - 565

ObjectivesRelatively little is known about the context and location of firearm injury events. Using a prospective cohort of trauma patients, we describe and compare severe firearm injury events to other violent and nonviolent injury mechanisms regarding incident location, proximity to home, time of day, spatial clustering, and outcomes. MethodsThis was a secondary analysis of a prospective cohort...

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Programming UHF RFID Systems for the Internet of Things EM Programmer's Notebook

Riccardo Colella, Alessandra Esposito, Luca Catarinucci, Luciano Tarricone

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine > 2016 > 58 > 2 > 109 - 119

Most of the articles in the EM Programmers Notebook column address either computational electromagnetics or electromagnetic simulation of one form or another. The article in this issues EM Programmers Notebook column instead considers new radio-frequency identification tags; these tags contain some embedded local processing capability and provide several new functionalities, such as autonomous...

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Measurement Platform for Electromagnetic Characterization and Performance Evaluation of UHF RFID Tags

Riccardo Colella, Luca Catarinucci, Paolo Coppola, Luciano Tarricone

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement > 2016 > 65 > 4 > 905 - 914

The huge improvement in UHF radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology, also driven by the vision of the Internet of Things, is leading to a widespread diffusion of several kinds of passive RFID tags. In fact, depending on the specific application, tags must satisfy key requirements in terms of size, thickness, shape, robustness, cost, working range, bandwidth, antenna directivity, platform...

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Design and implementation of the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Pragmatic Airway Resuscitation Trial (PART)

Henry E. Wang, David K. Prince, Shannon W. Stephens, Heather Herren, more

Resuscitation > 2016 > 101 > C > 57-64

Airway management is an important component of resuscitation from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). The optimal approach to advanced airway management is unknown. The Pragmatic Airway Resuscitation Trial (PART) will compare the effectiveness of endotracheal intubation (ETI) and Laryngeal Tube (LT) insertion upon 72-h survival in adult OHCA. Encompassing United States Emergency Medical Services...

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Evaluating the suitability of specific RFID tags for IoT applications through a new characterization platform

Riccardo Colella, Luca Catarinucci, Luciano Tarricone

02016 International Multidisciplinary Conference on Computer and Energy... > 2016 > 1 - 3

2016 International Multidisciplinary Conference on Computer and Energy Science (SpliTech)

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Passive RFID tag with sensing and reasoning capabilities for building automation

Riccardo Colella, Luca Catarinucci, Luciano Tarricone

02016 International Multidisciplinary Conference on Computer and Energy... > 2016 > 1 - 3

2016 International Multidisciplinary Conference on Computer and Energy Science (SpliTech)

In this work SPARTACUS a novel Passive RFID augmented device useful to be adopted in challenging IoT contexts like the building automation is presented. While being completely passive, the novel RFID tag conjugates identification, sensing, local computing, and actuation control and enables a proactive communication with any standard RFID reader. Thanks to a specific electromagnetic design and exploiting...

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EM design of a passive RFID-based device with sensing and reasoning capabilities

Riccardo Colella, Luca Catarinucci, Luciano Tarricone

2015 IEEE 15th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS) > 1 - 4

2015 IEEE 15th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)

In the last years, the continuous demand for smart applications in the Internet of Things context is leading to the develop of novel and more complex UHF RFID tags with augmented capabilities. Novel tags offer additional functionalities besides identification by embedding sensors, actuators, and processing units. In this work a new kind of device, called SPARTACUS, is presented. While being completely...

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Cost-effective electromagnetic characterization system for radiation pattern and sensitivity estimation of UHF RFID tags

Riccardo Colella, Luca Catarinucci, Paolo Coppola, Luciano Tarricone

2015 IEEE 15th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS) > 1 - 4

2015 IEEE 15th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)

The performance evaluation of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags is an important task both for tag designers and final users. Approaches based on the use of Vector Network Analyzers rather than conventional RFID readers only provide partial characterizations. On the contrary, commercial solutions, although they are able to guarantee an accurate and complete performance evaluation, require...

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A UHF-RFID power management circuit for body sensor networks

Mirko Pasca, Luca Catarinucci, Riccardo Colella, Danilo De Donno, more

2015 IEEE 15th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS) > 1 - 4

2015 IEEE 15th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)

In this paper, a UHF-RFID power management circuit is presented. It is able to power body sensor networks nodes, starting from −25dBm UHF-RFID input signal power. It is based on an initial Dickson's RF-DC rectifier circuit, followed by an ultra-low-voltage integrated boost converter, realized in 180nm CMOS technology, that is used to further step-up of the rectified DC-voltage and to guarantee the...

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A HF-RFID, −19 dBm sensitivity fully integrated RF-DC voltage multiplier

Mirko Pasca, Luca Catarinucci, Riccardo Colella, Danilo De Donno, more

2015 IEEE 15th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS) > 1 - 4

2015 IEEE 15th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)

In this paper, a RF-DC voltage multiplier operating at 13.56MHz (in the European HF RFID standard band) with -19dBm sensitivity is presented. It is made by a Dickson's RF-DC rectifier and an additional Pelliconi's charge pump driven by a fully integrated 50kHz ring oscillator. Mathematical model is developed and verified through measurements. Silicon prototypes have been realized in 350nm CMOS technology...

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Characterization system for radiation pattern and sensitivity estimation of UHF RFID tags

Riccardo Colella, Luca Catarinucci, Paolo Coppola, Luciano Tarricone

2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting > 1754 - 1755

2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting

This work presents a characterization system for the performance evaluation of UHF RFID tags. It is based on a programmable and GPIO-provided UHF RFID reader connected to a circularly polarized antenna and driving a stepper motor to modify the tag orientation. The comparison with a commercial solution in terms of tag sensitivity and radiation pattern demonstrates the appropriateness of the proposed...

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A −19dBm sensitivity integrated RF-DC converter with regulated output voltage for powering UHF wireless sensors

Mirko Pasca, Stefano D'Amico, Vincenzo Chironi, Luca Catarinucci, more

2015 6th International Workshop on Advances in Sensors and Interfaces (IWASI) > 168 - 171

2015 6th IEEE International Workshop on Advances in Sensors and Interfaces (IWASI)

This paper presents a −19dBm sensitivity RF-DC converter for energy harvesting applications. It is able to harvest the energy from a dipole antenna operating at 866.5MHz (European UHF RFID frequency) providing a regulated output voltage in the range between 1.9V to 2.4V over a 2MΩ resistive load. Such voltage level is suitable to supply body sensor nodes. The four stages Dickson's RF-DC rectifier...

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SPARTACUS: Self-Powered Augmented RFID Tag for Autonomous Computing and Ubiquitous Sensing

Riccardo Colella, Luciano Tarricone, Luca Catarinucci

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation > 2015 > 63 > 5 > 2272 - 2281

In recent years, besides the advances made in canonical UHF radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology, intense research efforts are being made to design new passive <bold>augmented</bold> tags that enable RFID-based sensing. These efforts stimulate continued research aimed at providing tags with additional functionalities, besides identification and sensing. In this work, an innovative...

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Search results for: Riccardo Colella

Microwave characterisation of polylactic acid for 3D-printed dielectrically controlled substrates

Comparison of Fabrication Techniques for Flexible UHF RFID Tag Antennas [Wireless Corner]

Design of a 3D-printed circularly polarized antenna for portable UHF RFID readers

Design of UHF RFID devices based on 3D-printing technology

Gen2 RFID as IoT Enabler: Characterization and Performance Improvement

Improved RFID tag characterization system: Use case in the IoT arena

Improved Battery-Less Augmented RFID Tag: Application on Ambient Sensing and Control

A Geospatial Analysis of Severe Firearm Injuries Compared to Other Injury Mechanisms: Event Characteristics, Location, Timing, and Outcomes

Programming UHF RFID Systems for the Internet of Things EM Programmer's Notebook

Measurement Platform for Electromagnetic Characterization and Performance Evaluation of UHF RFID Tags

Design and implementation of the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Pragmatic Airway Resuscitation Trial (PART)

Evaluating the suitability of specific RFID tags for IoT applications through a new characterization platform

Passive RFID tag with sensing and reasoning capabilities for building automation

EM design of a passive RFID-based device with sensing and reasoning capabilities

Cost-effective electromagnetic characterization system for radiation pattern and sensitivity estimation of UHF RFID tags

A UHF-RFID power management circuit for body sensor networks

A HF-RFID, −19 dBm sensitivity fully integrated RF-DC voltage multiplier

Characterization system for radiation pattern and sensitivity estimation of UHF RFID tags

A −19dBm sensitivity integrated RF-DC converter with regulated output voltage for powering UHF wireless sensors

SPARTACUS: Self-Powered Augmented RFID Tag for Autonomous Computing and Ubiquitous Sensing

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