Chipless RFID Technologies

Dear Colleagues,

The scientific research and industrial applications dealing with Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) have been growing at a fast pace in the last few years. A new technological paradigm has been recently proposed to realize RF labels and sensors: The chipless RFID. This novel solution does not rely on any Integrated Circuit for storing the information or monitoring a physical parameter but exploits encoding mechanisms and sensing features based on a suitably tailored frequency or time domain fingerprint. Although many solutions have been proposed, several challenges require further scientific efforts and technological improvements at any level of the system.

This Special Issue is intended to report the recent advances in new chipless RFID tag solutions and innovative sensors, chipless reader, robust and reliable tag/sensor reading processes, algorithms for improving the system performance.

Articles in this Special Issue will address topics that include: Novel chipless RFID tags and sensors realized with ink-jet printing, additive manufacturing and dielectric resonators; chipless sensors for extreme environments; security and anticounterfeiting applications, algorithms and procedures for calibration and reliable reading.

Dr. Simone Genovesi
Mr. Cristian Herrojo
Prof. Dr. Smail Tedjini
Guest Editors

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