Performance Characterization of a Battery-less NFC Sensor for Museum Artifact Monitoring

Gawade, Dinesh R.; Kumar, Sanjeev; Simorangkir, Roy B. V. B.; O’Callaghan, Brendan; Iacopino, Daniela; Rather, Nadeem; O’Flynn, Brendan; Buckley, John L.

Abstract

This paper presents the performance of a battery-less near field communication (NFC) sensor for museum artifact monitoring. The radio frequency (RF) receiver sensitivity of the NFC sensor was measured using a commercial Tagformance measurement system. To respond to read commands, the NFC sensor requires a minimum magnetic field strength of 67.8 mA/m in free space, and 87.6 mA/m after integration within an archive box typically used for cultural heritage artifact storage. The integrated NFC loop antenna has a -3 dB bandwidth of 1.16 MHz in free space and 1.14 MHz bandwidth when integrated within the archive box. These measured RF sensitivity and -3 dB bandwidth values are in close agreement with the ISO/IEC 15693 standard. This work demonstrates a DC power consumption of 597 µW which is shown to be the lowest value compared to the state-of-the-art literature. In addition, the wireless communication range of approximately 5 cm was achieved which compares favourably with the maximum read ranges reported in literature. The developed NFC sensor has been deployed in European museums for wireless monitoring of valuable artifacts.

Citation

Gawade, D. R., Kumar, S., Simorangkir, R. B. V. B., O’Callaghan, B., Iacopino, D., Rather, N., …Buckley, J. L. (2023). Performance Characterization of a Battery-less NFC Sensor for Museum Artifact Monitoring. In 2023 34th Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC). https://doi.org/10.1109/issc59246.2023.10162126

• Conference Name: 2023 34th Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC)
• Conference Location: Dublin, Ireland
• Start Date: Jun 13, 2023
• End Date: Jun 14, 2023
• Acceptance Date: May 1, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Jul 3, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023
• Deposit Date: Oct 19, 2023
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Series ISSN: 2688-1446
• Book Title: 2023 34th Irish Signals and Systems Conference (ISSC)
• ISBN: 9798350340587
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/issc59246.2023.10162126
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1792333