RFID activity @ LACIME Lab.

1. Mehdi SI MOUSSA and Ammar. B. Kouki simoussa@ieee.org Post Doctoral Fellow Communications and Microelectronics Laboratory (LACIME) Department of Electric al Engineering École de Technologie Supérieure http://www.linkedin.com/in/simoussa Meander Line Antenna for RFID Applications in Health Care 1 08/05/2011

2. RFID Frequencies RFID technology RFID @ LACIME Introduction Expertises RFID for biopsy cassettes Introduction RFID in health care Antenna performance Analysis LTCC ? Conclusions Outline 2 08/05/2011

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4. RFID 2/3 08/05/2011 4

5. RFID tags sold by hundreds of billions 2007: 1,74 B$ 2010: 2,16 B$ 2018: 650 B$ Growth rate 2008: + 7,3% From 2008 to 2013: + 15% per year 5 RFID 3/3 08/05/2011 Values of applications of RFID tags

6. 08/05/2011 6 In Canada, the RFID market for automotive, aerospace and industrial manufacturing is expected to grow from $18.7 million in 2005 to $61.0 million in 2012.* RFID in Canada http://www.privacyconference2007.gc.ca/workbooks/Terra_Incognita_workbook8_E.html#footnote3 *"North American RFID Markets For Automotive, Aerospace & Industrial Manufacturing," Publisher: Frost & Sullivan, May 2006.

9. RF Power Generation

11. Introduction About the lab: The RFID activitywaslaunched in the LACIME labin 2010. The main objective of this research group is to provide expertise in RFID domain and promote collaboration and partnership with industries. The lab expertise's include the development of new RFID technologies and prototype designs, by taking into account all the steps from electromagnetic modeling to the actual tag testing. We look forward to collaboration and partnership with federal and provincial governments, industries, and universities.

14. PCB basedantennas

15. LTCC design RFID System Design Budget Link Antennes & Propagation Prototyping

16. 11 RFID Projects 08/05/2011

19. 08/05/2011 13 RFID for biopsy caissette

20. 08/05/2011 14 Meander line antenna on Rogers

22. Advantages

23. LTCC robustness (the box is submitted to high temperature and pressure during the manufacturing process).

24. More degrees of freedom for the design of the antenna on LTCC

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28. The size of antenna (24×5.2×0.635 mm) is fabricated to fit within the front face of a Biopsy cassette.

29. The next step is to design a prototype on LTCC Conclusions and perspectives

30. 08/05/2011 19 The authors wish to thank Maxime Thibault from the Telecommunication and Microwave Lab.(EcolePolytechnique Montreal) for antenna measurements. This work was supported by the NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) within the ”Engage Project”. Acknowledgments