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Robustness Improvement for Chipless RFID Reading Using Polarization Separation

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In this paper, a novel method to improve the readability of chipless tags is presented. When the EM wave falls upon the tag's surface at normal incidence or with a known incidence, the proposed approach permits to obtain a higher signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of resonators whose orientation with respect to the normal to the plane in which the tag is positioned is unknown and thus, to increase the reading distance of the tag. It introduces a technique based on the detection of this tag orientation in relation to the antennas; a projection of the signals will allow to correct this misalignment in order to always be able to decode the tag identifier on a signal that corresponds to an ideal alignment between the tag and the antennas. With this principle, it is also possible to separate the resonance mode of the resonator that is connected to the identifier from other parasitic resonance modes that may appear due to a possible misalignment between the tag and the antenna. This principle is applied to loop resonators commonly used in chipless RFID which can present strong parasitic modes of resonance. Also, this method makes the reading orientation invariant, allowing to read the resonator whatever its orientation with respect to the normal to the plane in which the tag is positioned. Likewise, the proposed method can be also used to sense this resonator orientation. This method requires a dual-polarization antenna and a 2-ports vector network analyzer (VNA). Results are validated in simulation and with real-environment measurements for a single resonator as well as for multiple resonators, as it is classically used in the chipless RFID technology. Measurements in a harsh environment, as well as comparisons with classical techniques such as time gating, are presented. A study on the improvment of the read range is achieved to highligth the potential of the proposed technique. A reading distance of more than 80cm was thus obtained, which represents 20cm more than with the classic use of a post-processor based on time gatting. Finally, the principle of the measurement is generalized by applying it to a tag with a ground plane and considering that the antenna is not necessarily placed in normal incidence with respect to the plane of the tag.
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hal-04041793 , version 1 (22-03-2023)

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Florian Requena, Nicolas Barbot, Darine Kaddour, Etienne Perret. Robustness Improvement for Chipless RFID Reading Using Polarization Separation. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 2023, pp.1-16. ⟨10.1109/TMTT.2023.3245646⟩. ⟨hal-04041793⟩

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