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Inkjet‐printed UHF RFID tag based system for salinity and sugar detection
Author(s) -
Sharif Abubakar,
Ouyang Jun,
Raza Ali,
Imran Muhammad A.,
Abbasi Qammer H.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.31863
Subject(s) - ultra high frequency , backscatter (email) , internet of things , antenna (radio) , power (physics) , sugar , microcontroller , computer science , electrical engineering , electronic engineering , engineering , embedded system , telecommunications , wireless , physics , quantum mechanics , biochemistry , chemistry
This article presents an RFID system to detect the salinity and sugar contents of water. The proposed system is based on low‐cost ink‐jet printed passive ultrahigh frequency (UHF) RFID tag. The tag is designed using slot match technique, which poses a good imaginary impedance match with RFID chip both in free space and after mounting on the water bottle. Moreover, the tag antenna is exploited as a sensor to detect salt and sugar contents of water by measuring the backscatter power from the tag in term of received signal strength indicator (RSSI). A Tagformance Pro setup form Voyantic is used for measuring RSSI. Furthermore, an approximate relationship is derived between backscatter power and no. of grams of salt and sugar dissolved in water. This study paves a way to check the contents of drinks using portable devices, which is pivotal for healthcare applications in smart cities and the future Internet of things (IoT).