A 22-m Operation Range Semi-Passive UHF RFID Sensor Tag With Flexible Thermoelectric Energy Harvester

• Published in: IEEE sensors journal Vol. 22; no. 20; pp. 19797 - 19808
• Main Authors: Solar, Hector, Beriain, Andoni, Rezola, Ainhoa, del Rio, David, Berenguer, Roc
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 15.10.2022; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Biomedical materials; Effective radiated power; Electric potential; Energy harvesting; integrated circuit (IC); Integrated circuits; Internet of Things (IoT); Low temperature; Microcontrollers; Radio frequency identification; radio frequency identification (RFID); Radiofrequency identification; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Sensors; Temperature sensors; thermoelectric generator (TEG); Thermoelectric generators; Thermoelectricity; Ultrahigh frequencies; Voltage; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks

This article presents a wireless temperature sensor tag able to work in both fully passive mode and in semi-passive mode when assisted by a flexible thermoelectric generator (TEG). The sensor tag consists of an EPC C1G2/ISO 18000-6C ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) int...