Radio Frequency Identification Semi-Active Tag with Sensing Capabilities for the Food Logistic Chain

Palacio, F.; Cano, X.; Gómez, José María; Vilar, Cristian; Scorzoni, A.; Cicioni, M.; Abad, E.; Juarros, A.; Gómez, David Gualda; Nuin, M.; González, Ana Belén Rodríguez; Becker, Thomas; Marco, S.

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“…The different PTO schemes were tested using a customized standalone multipurpose system that integrated four ULP MOX sensors with an RFID tag. The developed multi-sensor system incorporated the RFID tag (97 × 54 mm 2 ) along with all the necessary electronics for RF communication, sensor control and signal acquisition, including a MSP430F1611 microprocessor, 1MB flash memory (24AA1025, Microchip Corporation), RFiD antenna, CPLD logic interface, and sensor signal conditioning circuits [19]. The four sensors were embedded in a TO-8 housing directly attached to the same substrate.…”

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Pulsed-Temperature Metal Oxide Gas Sensors for Microwatt Power Consumption

Palacio

Fonollosa²,

Burgués

et al. 2020

IEEE Access

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Metal Oxide (MOX) gas sensors rely on chemical reactions that occur efficiently at high temperatures, resulting in too-demanding power requirements for certain applications. Operating the sensor under a Pulsed-Temperature Operation (PTO), by which the sensor heater is switched ON and OFF periodically, is a common practice to reduce the power consumption. However, the sensor performance is degraded as the OFF periods become larger. Other research works studied, generally, PTO schemes applying waveforms to the heater with time periods of seconds and duty cycles above 20%. Here, instead, we explore the behaviour of PTO sensors working under aggressive schemes, reaching power savings of 99% and beyond with respect to continuous heater stimulation. Using sensor sensitivity and the limit of detection, we evaluated four Ultra Low Power (ULP) sensors under different PTO schemes exposed to ammonia, ethylene, and acetaldehyde. Results show that it is possible to operate the sensors with total power consumption in the range of microwatts. Despite the aggressive power reduction, sensor sensitivity suffers only a moderate decline and the limit of detection may degrade up to a factor five. This is, however, gas-dependent and should be explored on a case-by-case basis since, for example, the same degradation has not been observed for ammonia. Finally, the run-in time, i.e., the time required to get a stable response immediately after switching on the sensor, increases when reducing the power consumption, from 10 minutes to values in the range of 10-20 hours for power consumptions smaller than 200 microwatts.

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Pulsed-Temperature Metal Oxide Gas Sensors for Microwatt Power Consumption

Palacio

Fonollosa²,

Burgués

et al. 2020

IEEE Access

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“…The power consumption of MOX sensors needs to be reduced to reach the battery life levels required by the logistic applications. In this work, we present the integration of an ULP MOX sensor array [1,2] in a semi-passive flexible RFID tag, which functionalities in the food logistic chain were already reported [3,4] for the detection of these target gases. The tag implements a 25 mAh small battery to power all the sensors.…”

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Evaluation of MOX Sensor Characteristics in Ultra-Low Power Operation Modes: Application to a Semi-Passive RFID Tag for Food Logistics

Palacio

Gómez

Burgués

et al. 2017

Proceedings of Eurosensors 2017, Paris, France, 3–6 September 2017

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Most of the battery powered systems with integrated sensors need low power consumption modes to enlarge the operation time. In the case of the fruit logistic chain, the fruit quality may be controlled by the detection of some gases as ethylene, acetaldehyde and ammonia, that are related to maturation, oxygen stress and refrigeration leakage. We report the integration of an ultra-low power (ULP) metal oxide (MOX) sensor array inside a Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) 13.56 MHz ISO/IEC 15693 compliant tag with temperature, humidity and light sensors and data logging capabilities. Pulsed Temperature Operation (PTO), which consists in switching on and off the sensor heater, was used to reduce power consumption more than three orders of magnitude, from 14 mW down to 7 μW. The sensor behavior was characterized in terms sensitivity for ammonia.

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“…Both of these complaints were reduced to zero occurrences. The results showed that the integration of RFID information system programs can increase both operating efficiency and patient safety and can be provided as a reference to relevant industries [4][5][6].…”

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The Integration of RFID Information System Programs Based on Grey Multi-Attribute Decision Making Analysis– Taking Chemotherapy Infusion Dispensing Procedures for Example

Lin

Wang²,

2011

AMR

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This study intended to investigate the effect of integrating RFID information systems into cancer chemotherapy infusion dispensing procedures on the efficiency of patient care. After the ad hoc committee selected the improvement program based on grey multi-attribute decision-making, improvements were made to the information system and infusion dispensing procedures, and relevant professionals fully communicated with one another to apply the RFID information system to the improvement program. After the RFID information system was integrated with the infusion dispensing procedures, the average total operating time for dispensing chemotherapy infusions was reduced from 24.55 minutes to 12.2 minutes, which was a decrease of 50.3%. The objective of requiring less time than the standard (16 minutes) was achieved, verifying that the integration of better RFID information system programs indeed can reduce the time required for providing patients with service. The improvement program can both increase operating efficiency and patient safety, and can be provided as a reference to relevant industries.

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Radio Frequency Identification Semi-Active Tag with Sensing Capabilities for the Food Logistic Chain

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Pulsed-Temperature Metal Oxide Gas Sensors for Microwatt Power Consumption

Pulsed-Temperature Metal Oxide Gas Sensors for Microwatt Power Consumption

Evaluation of MOX Sensor Characteristics in Ultra-Low Power Operation Modes: Application to a Semi-Passive RFID Tag for Food Logistics

The Integration of RFID Information System Programs Based on Grey Multi-Attribute Decision Making Analysis– Taking Chemotherapy Infusion Dispensing Procedures for Example

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