La RFID est une technologie majeure qui connaît depuis plus d'une dizaine d'années un essor considérable en termes d'applications. Cependant son déploiement à grande échelle reste limité par des plusieurs verrous technique et technologique par lesquels la portée de lecture des tags et leur forte sensibilité à l'environnement de l'application. Le travail engagé dans cette thèse vise le développement des nouvelles antennes lecteurs pour systèmes RFID UHF champ proche. Ce type de système exploite la bande UHF de la RFID en zone de champ proche pour la traçabilité des cibles de taille miniature sur une zone proche du lecteur avec une portée limitée. Les tags se trouvant au delà de cette portée ne doivent pas être détectés par le lecteur. L'objectif dans ce travail est d'apporter des solutions au niveau des antennes lecteurs également celles du tag pour assurer une détection des tags sur une zone confinée de l'espace. Actuellement, moyennant l'utilisation d'un tag sous forme de boucle (1*1 cm²), il est possible de lire ce dernier en contact, c'est à dire dans la zone 0 – 10 cm. Il fallait donc pouvoir assurer une lecture fiable (de type couplage EM) pour une portée s'étendant d'une dizaine de centimètres. Les antennes lecteurs champ proche développés dans ce travail sont en mesure d'assurer une zone de lecture limitée (20 à 35 cm) qui s'étend sur une dizaine de centimètres de côté. / RFID is one of the most popular technologies in this decade. However, its deployment at a high scale is limited by several technical and technological limitations as the read range of tags and their sensitivity to the application's environment. In this thesis we focus on the development of new reader antennas for Near Field UHF RFID systems. This type of system uses the UHF RFID band in near field zone for the traceability of miniature size targets on an area near the reader with a limited zone. Tags being outside this zone should not be detected by the reader .One of the objective of this thesis is to provide solutions in terms of readers and tag antennas to ensure detection tags on a confined area of space. Actually, we can read loop RFID tag (1*1 cm²) in contact (read range 0-10 cm). So we have to be able to ensure a good reading of tag (EM coupling) in a range from few centimeters to meters. Near field reader antenna developed in this thesis work, has a limited range between 20 and 30 cm with a large reading zone.

La RFID est une technologie majeure qui connaît depuis plus d'une dizaine d'années un essor considérable en termes d'applications. Cependant son déploiement à grande échelle reste limité par des plusieurs verrous technique et technologique par lesquels la portée de lecture des tags et leur forte sensibilité à l'environnement de l'application. Le travail engagé dans cette thèse vise le développement des nouvelles antennes lecteurs pour systèmes RFID UHF champ proche. Ce type de système exploite la bande UHF de la RFID en zone de champ proche pour la traçabilité des cibles de taille miniature sur une zone proche du lecteur avec une portée limitée. Les tags se trouvant au delà de cette portée ne doivent pas être détectés par le lecteur. L'objectif dans ce travail est d'apporter des solutions au niveau des antennes lecteurs également celles du tag pour assurer une détection des tags sur une zone confinée de l'espace. Actuellement, moyennant l'utilisation d'un tag sous forme de boucle (1*1 cm²), il est possible de lire ce dernier en contact, c'est à dire dans la zone 0 – 10 cm. Il fallait donc pouvoir assurer une lecture fiable (de type couplage EM) pour une portée s'étendant d'une dizaine de centimètres. Les antennes lecteurs champ proche développés dans ce travail sont en mesure d'assurer une zone de lecture limitée (20 à 35 cm) qui s'étend sur une dizaine de centimètres de côté. / RFID is one of the most popular technologies in this decade. However, its deployment at a high scale is limited by several technical and technological limitations as the read range of tags and their sensitivity to the application's environment. In this thesis we focus on the development of new reader antennas for Near Field UHF RFID systems. This type of system uses the UHF RFID band in near field zone for the traceability of miniature size targets on an area near the reader with a limited zone. Tags being outside this zone should not be detected by the reader .One of the objective of this thesis is to provide solutions in terms of readers and tag antennas to ensure detection tags on a confined area of space. Actually, we can read loop RFID tag (1*1 cm²) in contact (read range 0-10 cm). So we have to be able to ensure a good reading of tag (EM coupling) in a range from few centimeters to meters. Near field reader antenna developed in this thesis work, has a limited range between 20 and 30 cm with a large reading zone.

Submitted by Cristhiane Guerra (cristhiane.guerra@gmail.com) on 2017-01-26T15:29:49Z No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 2174658 bytes, checksum: 32615157c634ff96ea0d5edeb9dc6b9b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-26T15:29:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 2174658 bytes, checksum: 32615157c634ff96ea0d5edeb9dc6b9b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-07-25 / Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq / One way to diagnose the level of electrical insulation degradation is to identify the occurrence of partial discharges (PD). Early detection of defects in insulation enables the programming of electric power equipment maintenance activities. Thus, the electrical system can operate more reliably and with fewer interruptions. In addition to detection, the information provided by pulses of partial discharges allow the location of its source. In this work, the main objective is to develop a hybrid technique of location, based on the time-of-arrival and the energies of PD signals. The performance of the hybrid technique was compared with three other location radiometric techniques. For this purpose, the methods used to estimate time-of-arrival of PD pulses and localization techniques are explained in details. In order to make simulations of this work was to develop a model of ray tracing, which is able to simulate the propagation of the pulse wave environments defined by maps. These results were obtained from four simulation scenarios: free space with noise, room with obstacles and without noise, high-voltage substation without noise and high-voltage substation with noise. The performance of the hybrid technique was inferior to that of the location techniques that depend only on the time-of-arrival, the accuracy is not as affected by multipath. However, the estimate provided by the hybrid technique proves useful as an initial condition for non linear time-of-arrival non linear technique. / Uma forma de diagnosticar o nível de degradação de isolamentos elétricos consiste em identificar a ocorrência de descargas parciais (DP). A detecção precoce de defeitos em isolamentos viabiliza a programação de atividades de manutenção de equipamentos elétricos de potência. Dessa forma, o sistema elétrico pode operar de forma mais confiável e com um número menor de interrupções. Além da detecção, as informações fornecidas pelos pulsos de descargas parciais permitem a localização da sua fonte. Neste trabalho, o principal objetivo é desenvolver uma técnica híbrida de localização, baseada nos instantes de chegada e nas energias dos sinais de DP. O desempenho da técnica híbrida foi comparado com o de outras três técnicas radiométricas de localização. Para este propósito, os métodos usados para estimar os instantes de chegada dos pulsos de DP e as técnicas de localização estão explicados em detalhes. A fim de realizar as simulações deste trabalho, foi desenvolvido um modelo de traçado de raios, que é capaz de simular a propagação dos pulsos de ondas em ambientes definidos por mapas. Os resultados deste trabalho foram obtidos a partir de quatro cenários de simulação: espaço livre com ruído, sala com obstáculos e sem ruído, subestação de alta tensão sem ruído e subestação de alta tensão com ruído. O desempenho da técnica híbrida foi inferior ao desempenho das técnicas de localização que dependem apenas dos instantes de chegada, cuja precisão não é tão afetada pelo multipercurso. No entanto, a estimativa fornecida pela técnica híbrida se mostrou útil como condição inicial para o sistema linear de uma das técnicas e localização pelos instantes de chegada.

Cette thèse s’inscrit dans le cadre d’une collaboration entre l’IM2NP et la société Tagsys, dans le cadre du projet PACID-TEXTILE. L'objectif de la thèse est de créer un tag RFID UHF packagé, très robuste et qui puisse facilement s’intégrer de manière discrète dans les produits textiles. L’idée est de concevoir deux antennes couplées et adaptées aux puces choisies pour l’application. Ces deux antennes sont conçues afin de favoriser le couplage entre elles. La première entité est packagée afin de protéger la puce de l’environnement d’utilisation. Dans une première partie, l’antenne primaire est caractérisée. Le packaging fait l’objet d’études particulières pour répondre aux contraintes de robustesses liées aux domaines du textile (blanchisserie, produit chimique). Une seconde partie du travail vise à caractériser le fil conducteur de manière à en établir une modélisation la plus fidèle possible pour pouvoir être utilisé par les outils de simulation et de conception d’antennes. Des essais de résistances du fil sont également réalisés.Enfin, une troisième partie traite de la conception d'antennes. Les tags conçus doivent avoir une portée minimale de 4m, résister à la déformation et à l'empilement. Ces tags sont soumis à différents tests pour établir leurs performances. A l’aide des moyens de caractérisations disponible au laboratoire IM2NP (plate forme de pré certification RFID), un « Benchmarking » est réalisé sur les différents tags en vue de proposer une étiquette répondant au mieux aux exigences du cahier des charges. / This thesis is part of a collaboration between the company Tagsys and IM2NP, under the PACID-TEXTILE project. The aim of the thesis is to create a robust UHF RFID tag antenna that can be easily and discreetly integrated into textile products.The idea is to design two antennas electromagnetically coupled and adapted for selected chips. Both antennas are designed to facilitate the coupling between them. The first antenna is packaged in a robust material in order to protect the chip from laundry cycles. The second antenna is made up by electro-thread. The first part of the work is to characterize the packaged antenna and packaging material. The second part is to measure the conductivity of the used thread, to establish the most accurate model possible. Tests of wire resistance are also made. Toughness of each wire is also tested.The third part deals with the antenna design. The tags are designed to have a minimum range of 4m. They have to resist deformation and stacking. These tags are subjected to various tests to determine their performance. Using resources available in the laboratory IM2NP (RFID platform), a "Benchmarking " is carried on different tags to find the best that meet the requirements of the specifications.

The thesis discusses the design and experimental verification of a new method for detecting partial discharges in oil-cooled high-power transformers, emphasizing the origin of the measured signal from the outer and inner regions of the transformer tank. The detection and spatial localization of partial discharges utilizes UHF (Ultra High Frequency) electromagnetic signal measurement. The UHF partial discharge detection method, also referred as UHF PD, is one of the most advanced techniques for the accurate spatial localization of the signal source position. The focus of the thesis lies in the development of technical and software solutions for the separation of partial discharge signals originating from the internal space of the transformer and the spurious signals from the connection lines. The proposed technical and program solutions constitute a signal discriminatory method. The precise and repeatable diagnostics of the transformer state are guaranteed by observing the measurement methodology and special setting of the diagnostic system. The functionality of the signal discriminatory method was verified during real measurement of the oil-cooled power transformers at the Dukovany nuclear power plant in operation. The output of the designed methodology is to set up a calibration procedure and follow-up steps to ensure objective, repeatable, and comparable measurements for the purposes of regular predictive maintenance in transformers.

This diploma thesis is focused on design of high frequency power amplifiers in UHF band, specifically at 435 MHz. Amplifiers are designed in different classes of operation. The thesis deals with the comparison of main parameters in each class of operation, the most important parameter is effeciency. The amplifying part is unipolar transistor which is working in Single-stage mode. The results were simulated in Advanced Design Systems Software.

[pt] A previsão da perda de propagação na faixa de UHF tem grande importância para o dimensionamento dos sistemas de TV Digital. Com base em uma grande campanha de medidas na cidade do Rio de Janeiro pretende- se, com esse trabalho, descrever o comportamento do sinal, assim como verificar a existência de modelos adequados para caracterizá-lo. / [en] Methods for prediction of propagation loss in the UHF band have great importance for the Digital TV systems sizing. With basis of a great measures campaign in Rio de Janeiro city, this work intendeds to describe the behavior of the signal end to verify the existence of adjusted models to characterize it.

Along with rapid development of sensing and communication technology, Internet of Things (IoTs) has enabled a tremendous number of applications in health care, agriculture, and industry. As the fundamental element, the wireless sensing node, such as radio tags need to be operating under micro power level for energy autonomy. The evolution of electronics towards highly energy-efficient systems requires joint efforts in developing innovative architectures and circuit techniques. In this dissertation, we explore ultra-low power circuits and systems for micropower wireless sensing in the context of IoTs, with a special focus on radio interfaces and sensor interfaces. The system architecture of UHF/UWB asymmetric radio is introduced firstly. The active UWB radio is employed for the tag-to-reader communication while the conventional UHF radio is used to power up and inventory the tag. On the tag side, an ultra-low power, high pulse swing, and power scalable UWB transmitter is studied. On the reader side, an asymmetric UHF/UWB reader is designed. Secondly, to eliminate power-hungry frequency synthesis circuitry, an energy-efficient UWB transmitter with wireless clock harvesting is presented. The transmitter is powered by an UHF signal wirelessly and respond UWB pulses by locking-gating-amplifying the sub-harmonic of the UHF signal. 21% locking range can be achieved to prevent PVT variations with -15 dBm injected power. Finally, radio-sensing interface co-design is explored. Taking the advantage of RC readout circuit and UWB pulse generator, the sensing information is directly extracted and transmitted in the time domain, exploiting high time-domain resolution UWB pulses. It eliminates the need of ADC of the sensor interface, meanwhile, reduces the number of bits to be transmitted for energy saving. The measurement results show that the proposed system exhibits 7.7 bits ENOB with an average relative error of 0.42%. / <p>QC 20160412</p>

International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 17-20, 1994 / Town & Country Hotel and Conference Center, San Diego, California / An increasing number of satellite users and manufacturers are looking to lightweight, inexpensive satellites as substitutes to traditional large, expensive satellites with multiple payloads. Neither the Department of Defense nor the commercial sector can bear the financial or reputational consequences associated with massive program failures. With the low cost and weight of these new satellites, users can achieve mission success without great risk. One example of this new class of inexpensive spacecraft is the RADCAL (RADar CALibration) satellite. Detachment 2, Space & Missile Systems Center at Sunnyvale, CA operates the satellite. RADCAL is a 200-pound polar orbiting satellite with an average altitude of 450 miles. It is primarily used by 77 worldwide radars to calibrate their systems to within five meter accuracy. Also flying on board RADCAL is a communication payload for remote field users with small radios. The RADCAL program has satisfied all mission requirements. However, with the limited size and cost come certain challenges, both in the satellite and on the ground. Pre-launch testing was not as comprehensive as with more expensive programs; anomalies have arisen that require extensive workarounds. Data management is not a straightforward task, and it is sometimes difficult and inexact to track satellite performance. These challenges are presented with their solutions in the following discussion; this paper addresses the functional, operational, and testing aspects associated with the RADCAL satellite.

It has been shown in previous studies that at 110 km altitude, the electron temperature can be quite large in the presence of strong electric fields. This thesis explores the possibility of deviations from the normal trends in the high latitude E-region electron heating in reaction to strong electric fields. The study is based on data from the EISCAT Incoherent Scatter Radar during the International Polar Year. Out of a large number of possibilities (the radar operated essentially on a continuous basis for a year) only seven events proved to have sufficiently strong electric fields and large enough plasma densities to be characterized as ‘good heating events’. The electron temperature enhancements in these events, at 110 km, were several hundred K above from the background temperature and correlated well with ion temperature at 150 km altitude. The results for these good events agreed very well with past studies, aside from the smaller starting temperatures which were likely connected to the quiet solar conditions at the time. This stated, a different type of E region electron heating event was identified. In that case the E region electron densities were small (night-time conditions free of electron precipitation) and the electron temperatures reached a maximum near 150 km altitude. In those events the electron temperature enhancements extended down to the lower altitudes, introducing small, but detectable, electron temperature enhancements all the way down to 105 km altitude. .