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Contributo in atti di convegno, 2012, ENG, 10.1109/RFID-TA.2012.6404509

An UWB-UHF Semi-Passive RFID System for Localization and Tracking Applications

R. D'Errico, M. Bottazzi, F. Natali, E. Savioli, S. Bartoletti, A. Conti, D. Dardari, N. Decarli, F. Guidi, F. Dehmas, L. Ouvry, U. Alvarado, N. Hadaschik, C. Frankek, A. Zhangk,. Mhanna, M. Sacko, Y. Wei, A. Sibille

CEA, LETI, Minatec Campus, Grenoble, France Datalogic IP Tech, Calderara di Reno (BO), Italy Datalogic IP Tech, Calderara di Reno (BO), Italy Datalogic IP Tech, Calderara di Reno (BO), Italy ENDIF, CNIT at University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy ENDIF, CNIT at University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy CNIT. Universitv of Bologna, Cesena (FC), Italy CNIT. Universitv of Bologna, Cesena (FC), Italy CNIT. Universitv of Bologna, Cesena (FC), Italy CEA, LETI, Minatec Campus, Grenoble, France CEA, LETI, Minatec Campus, Grenoble, France CEIT, San Sebastian, Spain Fraunhofer IIS, Nuremberg, Germany Fraunhofer IIS, Nuremberg, Germany Telecom Paris Tech, France Telecom Paris Tech, France Telecom Paris Tech, France Telecom Paris Tech, France

We present a novel radio-frequency identification (RFID) system with capability of localization and tracking of passive or semi-passive tags. Localization and tracking features are enabled by backscatter modulation on ultra-wide bandwidth tag's antenna. A ultra-high frequency signal allows the wake-up of the tags enabling the reduction of energy consumption and ensuring compatibility with existing RFID systems. The overall system as well as the reader and tag architectures are introduced. The localization and tracking performance evaluation is presented in some reference scenarios.

2012 IEEE International Conference on RFID-Technologies and Applications (RFID-TA), pp. 18–23, Nice, France, 5-7/11/2012