• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.208-213
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• 2013

This paper proposes a tag antenna for radio frequency identification (RFID) food system. The RFID tag antenna is designed and fabricated based on the rectangular loop concept used in the UHF band (Korean and Japanese standards, 916.7-923.5MHz). The proposed tag antenna is composed of a radiation patch, sensor tag chip, temperature sensor, oscillator, and battery. We conjugated matching between the tag antenna and the sensor tag using a U-shaped stub. Details of the proposed tag antenna design and the simulated and measured results are presented and discussed.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.2134-2143
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• 2018

This work introduces a fault diagnosis method for transformer based on self-powered radio frequency identification (RFID) sensor tag and improved Hilbert-Huang transform (HHT). Consisted by RFID tag chip, power management circuit, MCU and accelerometer, the developed RFID sensor tag is used to acquire and wirelessly transmit the vibration signal. A customized power management including solar panel, low dropout (LDO) voltage regulator, supercapacitor and corresponding charging circuit is presented to guarantee constant DC power for the sensor tag. An improved band restricted empirical mode decomposition (BREMD) which is optimized by quantum-behaved particle swarm optimization (QPSO) algorithm is proposed to deal with the raw vibration signal. Compared with traditional methods, this improved BREMD method shows great superiority in reducing mode aliasing. Then, a promising fault diagnosis approach on the basis of Hilbert marginal spectrum variations is brought up. The measured results show that the presented power management circuit can generate 2.5V DC voltage for the rest of the sensor tag. The developed sensor tag can achieve a reliable communication distance of 17.8m in the test environment. Furthermore, the measurement results indicate the promising performance of fault diagnosis for transformer.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.501-512
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• 2018

Radio frequency identification (RFID) sensor tag provides several advantages including battery-less operation and low cost, which are suitable for long-term monitoring. This paper presents a self-powered RFID temperature sensor tag for online temperature monitoring in substation. The proposed sensor tag is used to measure and process the temperature of high voltage equipments in substation, and then wireless deliver the data. The proposed temperature sensor employs a novel phased-locked loop (PLL)-based architecture and can convert the temperature sensor in frequency domain without a reference clock, which can significantly improve the temperature accuracy. A two-stage rectifier adopts a series of auxiliary floating rectifier to boost its gate voltage for higher power conversion efficiency. The sensor tag chip was fabricated in TSMC $0.18{\mu}m$ 1P6M CMOS process. The measurement results show that the proposed temperature sensor tag achieve a resolution of $0.15^{\circ}C$/LSB and a temperature error of $-0.6/0.7^{\circ}C$ within the range from $-30^{\circ}C$ to $70^{\circ}C$. The proposed sensor tag achieves maximum communication distance of 11.8 m.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.36 no.8A
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• pp.683-690
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• 2011

The conventional sensor tag data filtering algorithm uses time window based data filtering for each tag data. However, this approach shows many performance problems such as low error and event detection rate and larger storage size requirement. In this paper, we propose a collaborative sensor tag data filtering algorithm to improve sensor data processing performance. simulation study shows that the proposed sensor tag filtering algorithm outperforms the conventional filtering algorithm in terms of the processing time, the size of required data storage memory and accuracy of error and event detection rate.

• Convergence Security Journal
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.19-24
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• 2011

This paper describes a passive SID sensor tag that provide physical security functions based on a sensor interface module. It elementarily consists of a serial I/O interface, control module, and sensor module. In this paper, it show tamper-proof security functions by comparison and encryption with the sensor signal data using the physical resistors. The passive SID sensor tag can be realized by the real time management for the safety, forgery, and so on. The proposed SID tag embedded with a sensor module is expected to find wide physical security applications.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.892-896
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• 2005

This paper presents method of depriving the relationship between static passive RFID tag and mobile robot In the field of tag-range. We use probabilistic sensor model of RFID reader by experiments. And we proposed estimation techniques by using direction of identification and relative-distance from the sensor model. Corresponding to distribution of identification, we can correct estimated tag position in relative coordinate. Simulation and Experimental Results show that the proposed method can provide good performance and thus be used fer mobile-robot localization.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.1478-1482
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• 2005

Since it is a very issue that figures out a current position of mobile robots, various methods have been proposed until nowadays. This paper proposes the sensor model of RFID(Radio Frequency Identification) and position estimation algorithm for mobile robots. We designed the sensor model of RFID in experimenting repeatedly. The sensor model of RFID in this case is that of stochastics according to sensing rate. Based on this stochastic sensor model, we designed the algorithm which estimates distance and direction of RFID tag. Therefore we made sure that RFID tag is used as landmark.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.56 no.8
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• pp.1430-1435
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• 2007

We developed a 440MHz surface acoustic wave (SAW) microsensor integrated with pressure-temperature sensors and ID tag. Two piezoelectric substrates were bonded, in which ${\sim}150\;{\mu}m$ cavity was structured. Four sides were completely sealed by JSR photoresist (PR). Pressure sensor was placed on the top substrate, whereas ill tag and temperature sensor were placed on the bottom substrate. Using network analyzer, the developed microsensor was wirelessly tested. Sharp reflection peaks with high S/N ratio, small signal attenuation, and small spurious peaks were observed. All the reflection peaks were well matched with the coupling of mode (COM) simulation results. With a 10mW RF power from the network analyzer, a ${\sim}1$ meter readout distance was observed. Eight sharp ON reflection peaks were observed for ID tag. Temperature sensor was characterized from $20^{\circ}C$ to $200^{\circ}C$. A large phase shift per unit temperature change was observed. The evaluated sensitivity was ${\sim}10^{\circ}/^{\circ}C$.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.89-96
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• 2018

This study aims to develop a fully passive smart sensing tag utilizing RF (Radio Frequency) energy harvesting technology at UHF (Ultra High Frequency) band of 915MHz. To optimize the power collected under various radiated conditions, an efficient energy harvesting module exploiting a boost circuit with maximum power point tracking (MPPT) is employed. Specifically, the proposed tag features two orthogonal antennas to enhance its capability of both energy scavenging and data transmissions. The experimental result shows that the developed smart sensor tag can scavenge an RF input power of as low as 0.19mW at a distance of 4 meters for a 3.6Vdc output. Furthermore, the proposed smart sensor tag performs the feasibility of completely autonomous monitoring food freshness at 2 meters with a low-power sensor array.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2011.10a
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• pp.231-234
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• 2011

Recently, the smart RFID tag technology which can measure external changing environment is globally interesting. In this paper, development of the Smart RFID tag using temperature sensor was represented. Smart RFID tag is basically comprised of antenna which has its bandwidth of 13.56Mhz, temperature sensors and data processing controller. Antenna design and smaller PCB production can be used to agri-food wrap. Since the smart RFID tag is distributed as an attachment to agri-food wrap, consumer can check temperature changes in the distribution process. Because temperature change check in real time, food confirm the status of transportation and the freshness. Also, smart RFID tag can be applied to proposed smart refrigerator.