Chipless RFID Handbook: Fundamentals and Applications

Chipless radio frequency identification (RFID) technology has emerged as a cost-effective alternative to conventional automated identification systems like RFID, QR codes, and barcodes. Simultaneously, it enables a wide array of novel applications, including recycling, structural health monitoring, and food safety, among many others.

In this handbook, the authors provide an in-depth exploration of the design, manufacturing, and implementation guidelines of chipless RFID systems, including   information encoding in chipless tags, the design of radar-based ultra-wideband (UWB) readers and antennas, as well as dedicated signal processing in time- and frequency-domain.

This book is not only a practical resource for understanding the core principles and capabilities of chipless RFID, but also a rich source of expert knowledge for those wishing to deepen their understanding or explore particular applications. With real-world examples and detailed guidelines, the Chipless RFID Handbook serves as both a beginner-friendly introduction and an advanced reference on this emerging technology.

Introduction.- Fundamentals of EM theory.- Fundamentals of Chipless RFID.- Coding using Chipless RFID Tags.- Design of Frequency-Domain Chipless RFID Tags.-Fabrication of Frequency-Domain Chipless RFID Tags.- Backscattered signal pre-processing.- Backscattered signal post-processing and decoding.- Chipless RFID tag readers.- Regulations and licensing.- Chipless RFID sensors.- Applications.

Fátima Villa-González is a post-doctoral associate at the Auto ID Labs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, where she conducts research on low-cost microwave sensing technologies for real-world applications such as agriculture, food-safety and healthcare monitoring.

Daniel Valderas is an Associate Professor and Research Scientist with Tecnun, University of Navarra, San Sebastián, Spain, where he is also the coordinator of WIN (Wireless Instruments) group. His research interests focus on UWB and broadband antennas and RFID and implanted antennas.

Etienne Perret is Full Professor of electrical engineering at Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble INP, France and Senior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF). He is the founder of Idyllic Technology and holds the position of Chief Scientific Officer.

Antonio Lázaro is a full-time Professor with the Department of Electronic Engineering, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Tarragona, Spain. His research interests include microwave device modelling, on-wafer noise measurements, MEMS, RFID, UWB, and microwave systems.

Simone Genovesi is a Full Professor at “Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione”, University of Pisa. He is the Executive Director of Crosslab labs founded in the framework of the “Dipartimenti di Eccellenza” of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research.

Rahul Bhattacharyya is the Director at the Auto-ID Labs, MIT, where his research encompasses the development and integration of technologies that form the framework for the Internet of Things. He has authored over 40 technical peer-reviewed publications.