Cambridge University Press, 9/25/2014EAN 9781107030404, ISBN10: 1107030404Hardcover, 304 pages, 24.7 x 17.4 x 1.7 cmLanguage: EnglishCombining cutting-edge technologies and techniques with existing approaches, this book equips you with the tools and knowledge needed to develop new energy-efficient and environmentally friendly RFID systems. As well as covering RFID basics, a wide range of new technologies is discussed, including biodegradable and recyclable material use, energy scavenging, passive and chipless architectures, RFID passive sensors, networked RFID and RFID sensors, organic electronic devices, textile electronics, and distributed and wide area electronics. Providing a clear description of how RFID technology can enable the evolution of the Internet of Things, the book guides you down the path to facing new challenges as we move towards ubiquitous sensing for smart environments and a networked society. This is an ideal guide for researchers in academia and industry, technical managers, and graduate students in RF and wireless communications.1. Contest analysis Apostolos Georgiadis and Ana Collado2. RFID background Giulia Orecchini and Luca Roselli3. Energy scavenging and storage for RFID systems Alessandra Costanzo, Diego Masotti, Aldo Romani and Marco Tartagni4. RFID technologies for RFID sensors and sensor tags Robert Weigel, Thomas Ussmueller and Amelle Hagelauer5. Unconventional RFID systems AlÃÂrio Boaventura, Ricardo Fernandes, João Nuno Matos and Nuno Borges Carvalho6. Integrating tiny RFID and NFC based sensors with the Internet Vasileios Lakafosis, Rushi Vyas, Chiara Mariotti, Taoran Le and Manos M. Tentzeris7. Materials for substrates Manos M. Tentzeris, Sangal Kim, Anya Traille, Benjamin S. Cook and Taoran Le8. Organic conductors and semiconductorsrecent achievements and modeling Paolo Lugli and Luca Pierantoni9. RFID enabling new solutions Federico Alimenti, Chiara Mariotti and Luca Roselli10. Energy-efficient off-body communication using textile antennas Luigi Vallozzi, Patrick Van Torre and Hendrik Rogier.
