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Wireless sensing and identification based on radar cross section variability measurement of passive electromagnetic sensors

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In this paper, we present the wireless measurement of various physical quantities from the analysis of the radar cross section variability of passive electromagnetic sensors. The technique uses a millimeter frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar for both remote sensing and wireless identification of sensors. Long reading ranges (up to some decameters) are reached at the expense of poor measurement resolution (typically 10 %). A review of recent experimental results is reported for illustration purposes.

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Acknowledgments

The author wish to thank the two following institutions for financial support: the French Radioactive Waste Management Agency (ANDRA) through the contract no. 045985 and the Pole de Competitivité Aéronautique, Espace et Systèmes Embarqués through the project Système Autonome Communicant En Réseau.

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  1. LAAS-CNRS, 7 avenue du Colonel Roche, 31077, Toulouse, France

    Hervé Aubert, Franck Chebila, Anya Traille, Sofiene Bouaziz, Ayoub Rifaï, Patrick Pons & Philippe Menini

  2. University of Toulouse, UPS, INSA, INP, ISAE, 31077, Toulouse, France

    Hervé Aubert, Franck Chebila, Anya Traille, Sofiene Bouaziz, Ayoub Rifaï & Philippe Menini

  3. IPDIA, 2 rue de la Girafe, 14000, Caen, France

    Mehdi Jatlaoui

  4. School of ECE, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, USA

    Trang Thai & Manos Tentzeris

  5. University of Bordeaux, Laboratory IMS, CNRS UMR 5218, IPB, Univ. Bordeaux 1, Talence, France

    Hamida Hallil

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Aubert, H., Chebila, F., Jatlaoui, M. et al. Wireless sensing and identification based on radar cross section variability measurement of passive electromagnetic sensors. Ann. Telecommun. 68, 425–435 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12243-013-0376-5

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