Radio Frequency Identification Engineering: How to Engineer an RFID Reader

Radio Frequency Identification Engineering Radio frequency identification (RFID) has become an undeniable aspect of modern living, being used from logistics, access control, and electronic payment systems to artificial intelligence, and as a key building block of the internet of things. Presenting a unique coverage of RFID reader design and engineering, this is a valuable resource for engineers and researchers, aiding in their mission of fulfilling current and future demands in the RFID space. Providing a cohesive compilation of technical resources for full-stack engineering of RFID readers, the book includes step-by-step techniques, algorithms, and source code that can be incorporated in custom designs. Readers are invited to explore the design of RFID interrogators based on software-defined radio for flexible, upgradeable solutions as well as low-complexity techniques for engineering low-cost RFID readers. Additionally, the authors provide insight into related topics such as waveform design optimization for improved reading range and novel quadrature backscatter modulation techniques.

Alírio Soares Boaventura is a senior research scientist at Maybell Quantum Industries in Denver, Colorado, and worked previously as a research scientist for over five years at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colorado. He is the recipient of an IEEE MTT-S graduate fellowship award, co-recipient of the 2011 URSI-Portugal/ANACOM Prize, and was featured in the publication University of Aveiro, 40 Years, 40 Inventors, 40 Entrepreneurs.

Nuno Borges Carvalho is currently a full professor and a senior research scientist with the Institute of Telecommunications, University of Aveiro, and an IEEE Fellow. He coauthored Intermodulation Distortion in Microwave and Wireless Circuits (Artech House, 2003), Microwave and Wireless Measurement Techniques (Cambridge University Press, 2013), White Space Communication Technologies (Cambridge University Press, 2014), and Wireless Power Transmission for Sustainable Electronics (2020). He is a distinguished lecturer for the RFID Council and was the 2023 President of the IEEE-MTT Society.