Front Cover -- RFID and Wireless Sensors using Ultra-Wideband Technology -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction to RFID and Chipless RFID -- 1.1. RFID: state of the art -- 1.2. Extending RFID capabilities: from ID to sensing -- 1.3. Ultra-wideband technology for RFID applications -- 1.4. Organization of this book -- Chapter 2: Chipless Time-coded UWB RFID: Reader, Signal Processing and Tag Design -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Theory -- 2.3. Reader design -- 2.4. Signal processing techniques -- 2.5. Design of chipless time-coded UWB RFID tags -- 2.6. Characterization of chipless time-coded UWB RFID tags -- 2.7. Conclusions -- Chapter 3: Wireless Sensors Using Chipless Time-coded UW RFID -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Amplitude-based chipless time-coded sensors -- 3.3. Delay-based time-coded chipless sensors -- 3.4. Conclusions -- Chapter 4: Semi-passive Time-coded UWB RFID: Analog and Digital Approaches -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Wake-up system -- 4.3. Microcontroller-based semi-passive UWB RFID system -- 4.4. Analog semi-passive UWB RFID system -- 4.5. Discussion, comparison between systems and conclusions -- Chapter 5: Wireless Sensors Using Semi-passive UW RFID -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Solar-powered temperature sensor based on analog semi-passive UWB RFID -- 5.3. Nitrogen dioxide gas sensor based on analog semi-passive UWB RFID -- 5.4. Sensor integration in microcontroller-based semi-passive UWB RFID -- 5.5. Comparison between chipless and semi-passive approaches: conclusions -- Chapter 6: Active Time-coded UWB RFID -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Active UWB RFID system based on cross-polarization amplifier -- 6.3. Active UWB RFID system based on reflection amplifier -- 6.4. Discussion and comparison between systems.
Chapter 7: Indoor Localization with Smart Floor based on Time-coded UW RFID and Ground Penetrating Radar -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Smart floor design alternatives -- 7.3. Results -- 7.4. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.
