Reflection and scattering characteristics of reflectors in SAW tags

As a foundation of an optimal design for SAW tags,the reflection, scattering, and transmission of the reflector composed of a few electrodes are discussed. A source regeneration method based on Green's function and the finite element method/boundary element method is used to obtain the reflection coefficient and the scattering coefficient for the short-circuited and open circuit reflectors. Examples are presented to show how one can use structure variance to satisfy the requirements for SAW tag design according to the reflection and scattering characteristics.     

木托盘RFID标签安装方式有限元分析及试验研究

目的 采用仿真和试验手段并用的方法,研究RFID标签在木质平托盘上的适用安装方式及其对使用性能的影响。方法 进行Ansys有限元仿真,分析木质平托盘承载和冲击试验中采用螺钉紧固及黏结剂粘贴方式安装的RFID标签所受应力。作为对比,在实验室进行实物试验,测量RFID标签表面应力,并测试标签读写性能。结果 在托盘承载和冲击试验中,从RFID标签各构件及标签连接件的受力分析看,2种安装方式下的RFID标签均未出现脱落和物理性损坏。冲击试验后的RFID标签能够通过读写功能测试。有限元仿真与实物试验的应力分析结果相互吻合,验证了结果的正确性。结论 RFID标签采用螺钉紧固和黏结剂粘贴的安装方式都能满足使用要求,且螺钉连接的耐用性更好。研究结果为RFID标签在木质平托盘的安装方式选择提供了理论依据。     

Tandem mass tags: a novel quantification strategy for comparative analysis of complex protein mixtures by MS/MS

A novel MS/MS-based analysis strategy using isotopomer labels, referred to as "tandem mass tags" (TMTs), for the accurate quantification of peptides and proteins is described. The new tags are designed to ensure that identical peptides labeled with different TMTs exactly comigrate in all separations. The tags require novel methods of quantification analysis using tandem mass spectrometry. The new tags and analysis methods allow peptides from different samples to be identified by their relative abundance with greater ease and accuracy than other methods. The new TMTs permit simultaneous determination of both the identity and relative abundances of peptide pairs using a collision induced dissociation (CID)-based analysis method. Relative abundance measurements made in the MS/MS mode using the new tags are accurate and sensitive. Compared to MS-mode measurements, a very high signal-to-noise ratio is achieved with MS/MS based detection. The new tags should be applicable to a wide variety of peptide isolation methods.     

Extraction of frequency-dependent reflection, transmission, and scattering parameters for short metal reflectors from FEM-BEM simulations

Reflectors comprised of only a single or a few electrodes provide controllable, weak reflectivity essential for surface acoustic wave (SAW) radi -frequency identification (RFID) tags. The reflection, transmission, and scattering parameters of such reflectors must be known as a function of frequency in order to be able to control the amplitudes of tag responses and to use phase-based encoding reliably. In this work, we present a method of extracting the main reflection, transmission, and scattering parameters for short metal reflectors as a function of frequency. We use test device S parameters obtained through finite- and boundaryelement method (FEM-BEM)-based simulations and, as an example, determine the reflection and transmission coefficients (their absolute values and phase angles) and the energy scattered into bulk for a few different single electrode reflectors. We compare these parameter values to earlier results. Although only used for simulated data in this work, the same method can be applied to measured data as well. Assuming the S parameters available, this method is very fast and does not require any heavy calculation or special software.     

A Frame Breaking Based Hybrid Algorithm for UHF RFID Anti-Collision

Multi-tag collision imposes a vital detrimental effect on reading performance of an RFID system. In order to ameliorate such collision problem and to improve the reading performance, this paper proposes an efficient tag identification algorithm termed as the Enhanced Adaptive Tree Slotted Aloha (EATSA). The key novelty of EATSA is to identify the tags using grouping strategy. Specifically, the whole tag set is divided into groups by a frame of size F. In cases multiple tags fall into a group, the tags of the group are recognized by the improved binary splitting (IBS) method whereas the rest tags are waiting in the pipeline. In addition, an early observation mechanism is introduced to update the frame size to an optimum value fitting the number of tags. Theoretical analysis and simulation results show that the system throughput of our proposed algorithm can reach as much as 0.46, outperforming the prior Aloha-based protocols.     

Fully roll-to-roll gravure printed rectenna on plastic foils for wireless power transmission at 13.56 MHz

Wireless power transmission to inexpensive and disposable smart electronic devices is one of the key issues for the realization of a ubiquitous society where sensor networks such as RFID tags, price tags, smart logos, signage and sensors could be fully interconnected and utilized by DC power of less than 0.3?W. This DC power can be provided by inductively coupled AC from a 13.56?MHz power transmitter through a rectenna, consisting of an antenna, a diode and a capacitor, which would be cheap to integrate with inexpensive smart electronic devices. To integrate the rectenna with a minimum cost, a roll-to-roll (R2R) gravure printing process has been considered to print the rectenna on plastic foils. In this paper, R2R gravure printing systems including printing condition and four different nanoparticle based inks will be reported to print the rectenna (antenna, diode and capacitor) on plastic foils at a printing speed of 8?m?min(-1) and more than 90% device yield for a wireless power transmission of 0.3?W using a standard 13.56?MHz power transmitter.     

硅酸镓镧单晶材料的声表面波标签研究

声表面波射频识别标签在射频标签领域获得广泛关注,其中对标签基底材料的研究也成了研究热点。文章旨在研究使用硅酸镓镧单晶材料为压电基底的声表面波标签的标签特性。对使用硅酸镓镧单晶材料为压电基底的声表面波标签进行频域和时域分析,并结合有限元分析方法,对标签的特征频率、叉指换能器(Interdigital Transducer, IDT)的反射系数、叉指电极金属化比、金属电极厚度以及标签回波特性进行研究分析,提取了耦合模COM(Coupled-mode)模型参数。分析结果表明了压电效应是声表面波的谐振与反谐振频率存在的根源,验证了脉冲幅度编码方式,并为使用硅酸镓镧材料作为压电基底的声表面波标签的制作提供了仿真实验依据。     

判断二进制树中标签识别完毕的方法

分析了射频识别(RFID)系统阅读器与标签通信的二进制树算法,指出在标签识别过程中,阅读器并不知道是否识别完标签,阅读器会以连续多次没有接收标签响应为依据结束对标签的查询,这样往往会造成标签漏读或浪费时间在已识别完的标签上。基于此分析,提出了判断二进制树中标签识别完毕的方法。该方法通过在阅读器中设置计数器,就可以很好地跟踪标签的识别情况,准确地判断出标签是否识别完毕。分析结果表明,该方法可以准确地判断标签是否识别完毕,增加系统识别效率和可靠性。     

Unobtrusive long-range detection of passive RFID tag motion

This paper presents a novel method for detecting the motion of passive radio-frequency-identification (RFID) tags within the field of a detecting antenna. The method allows the unobtrusive detection of human interactions with RFID-tagged objects without requiring any modifications to existing communications protocols or RFID hardware. We use the response rate (a metric in lieu of the true received RF-signal intensity) at the reader to study the impact of tag translation, rotation, and coupling, as well as environmental effects. Performance is improved by introducing the idea of multiple tags/readers. Movement-detection algorithms are developed and integrated into the RFID monitoring system, and verified by experiments that demonstrate excellent results.     

基于人工神经网络的无芯片电子标签识别

本文提出了一种基于人工神经网络的无芯片电子标签识别方法.首先利用CST对不同夹角的标签进行仿真,得到水平和垂直两个方向的散射场,然后建立识别系统的神经网络模型,并利用该模型实现对标签的识别.该方法的优点是,使用1/2的样本数据训练神经网络模型,就可以得到准确的识别结果.仿真结果表明,基于神经网络的识别方法的误差在5°的范围内.     

Informative SNP selection methods based on SNP prediction

The search for the association between complex diseases and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) or haplotypes has recently received great attention. For these studies, it is essential to use a small subset of informative SNPs, i.e., tag SNPs, accurately representing the rest of the SNPs. Tag SNP selection can achieve: 1) considerable budget savings by genotyping only a limited number of SNPs and computationally inferring all other SNPs or 2) necessary reduction of the huge SNP sets (obtained, e.g., from Affymetrix) for further fine haplotype analysis. In this paper, we show that the tag SNP selection strongly depends on how the chosen tags will be used-advantage of one tag set over another can only be considered with respect to a certain prediction method. We show how to separate tag selection from SNP prediction and propose greedy and local-minimization algorithms for tag SNP selection. We give two novel approaches to SNP prediction based on multiple linear regression (MLR) and support vector machines (SVMs). An extensive experimental study on various datasets including ten regions from hapMap project shows that the MLR prediction combined with stepwise tag selection uses fewer tags than the state-of-the-art method of Halperin The MLR-based method also uses on average 30% fewer tags than IdSelect for statistical covering all SNPs. The tag selection based on SVM SNP prediction uses fewer tags to achieve the same prediction accuracy as the methods of Halldorsson     

Improved reflectivity and velocity model for aluminum gratings on YZ LiNbO3

Lithium niobate has recently been used for SAW tags and temperature sensors because of its high coupling coefficient and high reflectivity. To increase the device operating frequency for a given electrode line resolution, harmonic operation of the reflector is a very attractive option. When used in conjunction with harmonically operated transducers, the device operating frequency can be increased for a given photolithographic line width resolution. To design and accurately predict the behavior of these devices, it is necessary to model the electrode reflectivity and velocity for both fundamental and second-harmonic operation. The coupling of modes (COM) model has been used to model these devices, however the COM model uses empirically determined coefficients to model reflectivity. In this paper, the reflectivity and velocity of aluminum electrodes is extracted experimentally for fundamental and second-harmonic operation versus metalization ratios ranging from 0.2 to 0.9 and versus normalized metal thickness ranging from 0.4% to 4%. A least-squares fit is then performed on the data using physical terms in the transmission line model to yield equations that can be used in the COM model to predict device behavior over varying metallization ratios and normalized metal thicknesses. Orthogonal frequency-coded (OFC) SAW tags were designed and fabricated and experimentally obtained data are compared with the COM modeled responses for the tags at fundamental and second-harmonic operation to verify the predictions.     

Structure and pattern of social tags for keyword selection behaviors

This article identifies patterns and structures in the social tagging of scholarly articles in CiteULike. Using a dataset of 4,215 tags attributed to 1,600 scholarly articles from 15 library and information science journals, a network was built to understand users?? information organization behavior. Social network analysis and the frequent-pattern tree method were used to discover the implicit patterns and structures embedded in social tags as well as in their use, based on 26 proposed tag categories. The pattern and structure of this network of social tags is characterized by power-law distribution, centrality, co-used tag categories, role sharing among tag categories, and similar roles of tag categories in associating distinct tag categories. Furthermore, researchers generated 21 path-based decision-making sub-trees providing valuable insights into user tagging behavior for information organization professionals. The limitations of this study and future research directions are discussed.     

商品包装RFID技术的数据安全研究

随着RFID电子标签在包装行业的广泛应用,其信息存储和数据传输安全问题也倍受关注.介绍了RFID系统组成及工作原理,针对标签与阅读器之间的通信过程,从完整性与保密性两个方面详细分析了RFID系统有关数据安全的关键技术及存在问题,并提出了相应的对策措施.     

Improved precision of iTRAQ and TMT quantification by an axial extraction field in an Orbitrap HCD cell

Improving analytical precision is a major goal in quantitative differential proteomics as high precision ensures low numbers of outliers, a source of false positives with regard to quantification. In addition, higher precision increases statistical power, i.e., the probability to detect significant differences. With chemical labeling using isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) or tandem mass tag (TMT) reagents, quantification is based on the extraction of reporter ions from tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) spectra. We compared the performance of two versions of the LTQ Orbitrap higher energy collisional dissociation (HCD) cell with and without an axial electric field with regard to reporter ion quantification. The HCD cell with the axial electric field was designed to push fragment ions into the C-trap and this version is mounted in current Orbitrap XL ETD and Orbitrap Velos instruments. Our goal was to evaluate whether the purported improvement in ion transmission had a measurable impact on the precision of MS/MS based quantification using peptide labeling with isobaric tags. We show that the axial electric field led to an increased percentage of HCD spectra in which the complete set of reporter ions was detected and, even more important, to a reduction in overall variance, i.e., improved analytical precision of the acquired data. Notably, adequate precision of HCD-based quantification was maintained even for low precursor ion intensities of a complex biological sample. These findings may help researchers in their design of quantitative proteomics studies using isobaric tags and establish HCD-based quantification on the LTQ Orbitrap as a highly precise approach in quantitative proteomics.     

智能包装中的RFID标签防碰撞算法研究

目的 解决目前物流系统中智能包装RFID标签冲突的问题。方法 在研究已有防碰撞算法的性能和缺点基础上,针对大量标签场景设计一种分组动态帧时隙的混合查询树（GDFSA-HQT）算法。该算法在每一轮识别之后估计还没有识别的标签数量,如果还没有识别的标签数量小于或等于354个,则先采用动态帧时隙ALOHA（DFSA）算法对标签进行识别,再采用混合树查询算法（HQT）进行标签识别;若未被识别标签数大于354个,则先对标签进行分组处理,再分别采用DFSA和HQT进行标签识别。结果 仿真实验表明,GDFSA-HQT算法的吞吐率能够保持在0.82左右。结论 GDFSA-HQT算法解决了标签碰撞问题,在大量智能包装的物流系统中具有良好的应用前景。     

A statistical method for assessing peptide identification confidence in accurate mass and time tag proteomics

Current algorithms for quantifying peptide identification confidence in the accurate mass and time (AMT) tag approach assume that the AMT tags themselves have been correctly identified. However, there is uncertainty in the identification of AMT tags, because this is based on matching LC-MS/MS fragmentation spectra to peptide sequences. In this paper, we incorporate confidence measures for the AMT tag identifications into the calculation of probabilities for correct matches to an AMT tag database, resulting in a more accurate overall measure of identification confidence for the AMT tag approach. The method is referenced as Statistical Tools for AMT Tag Confidence (STAC). STAC additionally provides a uniqueness probability (UP) to help distinguish between multiple matches to an AMT tag and a method to calculate an overall false discovery rate (FDR). STAC is freely available for download, as both a command line and a Windows graphical application.     

基于NFC标签的防伪包装和产品信息查询系统

目的 为了更新传统的包装防伪方式,使消费者快速简洁地查询产品信息,提高产品包装的防伪性能,设计基于NFC标签的防伪包装和产品信息查询系统.方法 利用在Android Studio平台开发的应用程序来实现产品的防伪验证以及产品的信息展示功能.系统设计完成后,利用智能手机端的边界值法对NFC防伪标签的识别距离、信息写入过程以及防伪验证过程进行测试.结果 智能终端对于防伪标签的识别速度可以达到"即触即识",智能终端也可以正常使用该系统,并进行产品的防伪验证和产品信息的展示.结论 系统测试表明,该智能终端提高了防伪识别的便利性,增强了产品与消费者的互动性.     

Apoferritin-templated synthesis of encoded metallic phosphate nanoparticle tags

Encoded metallic phosphate nanoparticle tags, with distinct encoding patterns, have been prepared using an apoferritin template. A center cavity structure as well as the dissociation and reconstructive characteristics of apoferritin at different pH environments provides a facile route for preparing such encoded nanoparticle tags. Encapsulation and diffusion approaches have been investigated during the preparation. The encapsulation approach, which is based on the dissociation and reconstruction of apoferritin at different pHs, exhibits an effective route to prepare such encoded metallic phosphate nanoparticle tags. The compositionally encoded nanoparticle tag leads to a high coding capacity with a large number of distinguishable voltammetric signals, reflecting the predetermined composition of the metal mixture solution (and hence the nanoparticle composition). Releasing the metal components from the nanoparticle tags at pH 4.6 acetate buffer avoids harsh dissolution conditions, such as strong acids. Such a synthesis of encoded nanoparticle tags, including single-component and compositionally encoded nanoparticle tags, is substantially simple, fast, and convenient compared to that of encoded metal nanowires and semiconductor nanoparticle (CdS, PbS, and ZnS) incorporated polystyrene beads. The encoded metallic phosphate nanoparticle tags thus show great promise for bioanalytical or product-tracking/identification/protection applications.     

A Cross Layer Protocol for Fast Identification of Blocked Tags in Large-Scale RFID Systems

Blocker tag attack is one of the denial-of-service (DoS) attacks that threatens the privacy and security of RFID systems. The attacker interferes with the blocked tag by simulating a fake tag with the same ID, thus causing a collision of message replies. In many practical scenarios, the number of blocked tags may vary, or even be small. For example, the attacker may only block the important customers or high-value items. To avoid the disclosure of privacy and economic losses, it is of great importance to fast pinpoint these blocked ones. However, existing works do not take into account the impact of the number of blocked tags on the execution time and suffer from incomplete identification of blocked tags, long identification time or privacy leakage. To overcome these limits, we propose a cross layer blocked tag identification protocol (CLBI). CLBI consists of multiple rounds, in which it enables multiple unblocked tags to select one time slot and concurrently verify them by using tag estimation in physical layer. Benefiting from the utilization of most collision slots, the execution time can be greatly reduced. Furthermore, for efficient identification of blocked tags under different proportions, we propose a hybrid protocol named adaptive cross layer blocked tag identification protocol (A-CLBI), which estimates the remaining blocked tag in each round and adjusts the identification strategy accordingly. Extensive simulations show that our protocol outperforms state-of-the-art blocked tags identification protocol.