MATID

Research and Development of new materials for RFID tagging of persons and metallic objects.

The MATID project was focused on the development new microwave materials for the realization of RFID tags to be used on persons or metallic objects.

Specific scientific-technological objectives of  MATID are:

• Study of the composition of existing microwave materials and synthesis of rigid and semi-flexible substrates, and the electromagnetic characterization of these materials.
• Study of the composition of existing flexible materials and synthesis of new flexible substrates for the realization of PMCs (Perfect Magnetic Conductors).
• Design of RFID tags for their use on special surfaces.
• Conformation of RFID reading areas.
• Creation and simulation of a geometric and electric model of the human body.
• Study of the response of the human body to electromagnetic radiation and simulation of SAR (Specific Absortion Rate), and the interaction of the human body with RFID tags.
• Development of computational acceleration techniques for the volumetric Method of Moments.
• Improve the level of scientific and technological development of the Principado de Asturias.
• Maximize the public-private collaboration in Research, Development and Innovation involving different actors in the Asturian system of Science, Technology and Innovation.

Consortium

     University of Oviedo - Coordinating Institution

The University of Oviedo, established in 1608, is a public institution, with more than 1500 researchers and 250 research groups, devoted to higher education teaching and research that fosters the social, economic and cultural development of the Principado de Asturias – a region in the north-west of Spain with more than one million inhabitants. The University of Oviedo was distinguished in November 2009 as Campus of International Excellence by the Spanish Ministry of Education.

Particularly, the Signal and Communications Theory group (TSC-UNIOVI), established at UNIOVI in 2000, has given strong scientific and technical support to the MATID project. The group is currently formed by 18 Ph.D. and 10 pre-doctoral researchers which are involved in the design, analysis and optimization of microwave, mm-wave, and submm-wave active circuits and antennas, nonlinear analysis of circuits and systems, characterization of microwave materials and substrates, analysis and diagnosis of antennas, electromagnetic emissions measurements, calculus of radio-electric coverage, numerical techniques in electromagnetism, resolution of direct and inverse electromagnetic radiation and dispersion problems, etc. The group has its own laboratory with all necessary equipment for the design, simulation, manufacturing and characterization of circuits, antennas and subsystems operating up to 300 Ghz.

        ITMA Foundation

ITMA Materials Technology is a Spanish private and non-profit technological organization, which aims at promoting companies’ innovation through applied research and technological development in the field of materials science. ITMA manages two centers with nearly 7.000m2, 4.600m2 of which are dedicated to laboratories and has a total staff of 104 employees, 62% of which are highly qualified university degrees in engineering, chemistry and physics. Research performed in ITMA is fully multidisciplinary and targets at six strategic sectors: Health, Energy, Security & Defense, Steel & Metallurgy, Optics & Electronics and Refractory.

Treelogic - Coordinating Institution

Treelogic is a specialized Spanish SME in Information and Communication Technologies. Cooperation in R&D is the company hallmark. Treelogic R&D is the key to the business model followed by Treelogic, which assesses the maturity and potential of emerging technologies to create a new business opportunity. Semantic technologies, robotics, cognitive computing, mobile communications, future internet, location systems occupy a position of high standing between the company’s research lines.

Short Facts

MATID has been funded by the Government of Asturias - Spain through the Ministry of Education and Science and by the FEDER program (European Regional Development Fund - ERDF) of the Principality of Asturias.

• Type of project: Strategic project during the period 2008-2010.
• Grant date: November 27, 2008
• Project Reference: PEST08-02
• Number of partners: 3
• Coordinator Institution: Treelogic
• Coordinator at the University of Oviedo: Dr. Samuel Ver Hoeye
• Duration: 27/11/2008 - 30/12/2010
• Budget:

Total budget: 457.085,00 Euros

Budet UNIOVI: 225.860,00 Euros

Research Group

• Samuel Ver Hoeye
• Fernando Las Heras Andrés
• Marcos Rodríguez Pino
• Rafael González Ayestarán
• Germán León Fernández
• Maria Elena de Cos Gómez
• Luis Fernando Herrán Ontañón
• Valentín de la Rubia Hernández
• Yuri Álvarez López
• Miguel Fernández García
• Jaime Laviada Martínez
• Javier Gutiérrez Meana
• Carlos Vázquez Antuña

Publications

JCR indexed journals

1. C. Vázquez, S. Ver Hoeye, G. León, M. Fernández, L.F. Herrán, F. Las-Heras, “Transmitting Polarization Agile Microstrip Antenna Based on Injection Locked Oscillators”, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol. 22, no. 17, pp. 2427-2437, 2008. JCR impact index: 3.134.
2. S. Ver Hoeye et al., “Receiving Phased Antenna Array based on Injection-Locked Harmonic Self-Oscillating Mixers”, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 645-651, Mar. 2009.JCR impact index: 2.479.
3. S. Ver Hoeye et al., “Harmonic Optimization of Rationally Synchronized Oscillators”, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 317-319, Mayo 2009. JCR impact index: 2.302.
4. M. Fernández, S. Ver Hoeye, L.F. Herrán, F. Las Heras, “Design of High-Gain Wide-Band Harmonic Self-Oscillating Mixers”.  Intern. Journal Circuit Theory and Applications, pp. 1-8, 2009. JCR impact index: 2.389
5. S. Ver Hoeye et al., “Multi-Harmonic DC-Bias Network based on Arbitrarily Width Modulated Microstrip Line,” Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, vol. 11, pp. 119-128, 2009.
6. C. Vázquez, S. Ver Hoeye, M. Fernández, L.F. Herrán, F. Las Heras, “Analysis of the Performance of Injection Locked Oscillators in a Data Trasnmitting Polarisation Agile Antenna Application,” Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, vol. 12, pp. 1-10, 2009.
7. C. Vázquez, G. Hotopan, S. Ver Hoeye, M. Fernández, L. F. Herrán, F. Las Heras, “Microstrip Antenna Design based on Stacked Patches for Reconfigurable Two Dimensional Planar Array Topologies,” Progress In Electromagnetics Resarch, vol. 97, pp. 95-104, 2009. JCR impact index: 3.763.
8. L.F. Herrán, S. Ver Hoeye, M. Fernández, C. Vázquez, F. Las Heras, “Analysis of Phase Distribution Errors in Mutually Coupled Harmonic Self-Oscillating Mixers,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 57, no. 12, Dec. 2009. JCR impact index: 2.711.
9. C. Vázquez, S. Ver Hoeye, M. Fernández, G. León, L.F. Herrán, F. Las Heras, “Receiving Polarisation Agile Antenna Based on Injection Locked Harmonic Self Oscillating Mixers,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 683-689, March 2010. JCR impact index: 2.011.
10. María Elena de Cos, Fernando Las-Heras, Mercedes Franco, “Design of Planar Artificial Magnetic Conductor Ground Plane Using Frequency-Selective Surfaces for Frequencies Below 1 GHz,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters,Vol. 8, pp. 951-954, 2009. JCR impact index: 1.3.
11. María Elena de Cos, Yuri Álvarez, Fernando Las-Heras, “Planar Artificial Magnetic Conductor: design and characterization setup in the RFID SHF band,” Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, Vol. 23, no. 11/12, page 1467-1478, 2009. JCR impact index: 1.551.
12. María Elena de Cos, Yuri Álvarez, Ramona Cosmina Hadarig, Fernando Las-Heras, “Novel SHF-Band Uniplanar Artificial Magnetic Conductor,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters , Vol. 9, pp. 44-47, 2010. JCR impact index: 1.3.
13. María Elena de Cos, Yuri Álvarez, Ramona Cosmina Hadarig, Fernando Las-Heras, “Flexible Uniplanar Artificial Magnetic Conductor,” Progress In Electromagnetics Research, PIER 106 pp. 349-362, 2010. JCR impact index: 3.763.
14. María Elena de Cos, Yuri Álvarez, Fernando Las-Heras, “A novel approach for RCS reduction using a combination of Artificial Magnetic Conductors,” Progress In Electromagnetics Research, PIER 107 pp. 147-159, 2010. JCR impact index: 3.763.
15. Yuri Alvarez, M. Elena de Cos, and Fernando Las-Heras, “RCS Measurement Setup for Periodic Structure Prototype Characterization,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, Vol. 52, No. 3, pp. 100-106, June 2010. JCR impact index: 1.312.
16. Ramona C. Hadarig, María Elena de Cos, Yuri Álvarez, Fernando Las-Heras, “Novel Bow-tie–AMC Combination for 5.8-GHz RFID Tags Usable With Metallic Objects,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 9, pp. 1217-1220, 2010. JCR impact index: 1.3.
17. Yuri Álvarez, Belén A. Casas, Cebrián García, Fernando Las-Heras, “Geometry Reconstruction of Metallic Bodies Using the Sources Reconstruction Method,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters , Vol. 9, pp. 1197-1200, 2009. JCR impact index: 1.3.

Conference Proceedings

1. M. Fernández, S. Ver Hoeye, L.F. Herrán, C. Vázquez, F. Las Heras, “Design of High-Gain Wide-Band Harmonic Self-Oscillating Mixers,” Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimetre-wave Circuits - INMMiC. Málaga, Spain, pp. 1-4, Nov. 2008.
2. C. Vázquez, S. Ver Hoeye, M. Fernández, L.F. Herrán, F. Las Heras, “Design of a three port triple band apertura coupled microstrip antenna,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium APSURSI09, Charleston, USA, pp. 1-4, Jun. 2009.
3. C. Vázquez, S. Ver Hoeye, M. Fernández, L.F. Herrán, G. León, F. Las Heras, “Transmitting polarisation agile antenna based on synchronised oscillators,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium APSURSI09, Charleston, USA, pp. 1-4, Jun. 2009.
4. L.F. Herrán, S. Ver Hoeye, C. Vázquez, M. Fernández, F. Las Heras, “A receiving phased array antenna topology based on Mutually Coupled Harmonic Self-Oscillating Mixers,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium APSURSI09, Charleston, USA, pp. 1-4, Jun. 2009.
5. S. Ver Hoeye et al., “Use of variable phase-shifters based on Injection Locked Harmonic Self-Oscillating Mixers in active antenna arrays,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium APSURSI09, Charleston, USA, pp. 1-4, Jun. 2009. INVITED PAPER.
6. C. Vázquez, G. Hotopan, S. Ver Hoeye, M. Fernández, L. F. Herrán, F. Las Heras, “Defected Ground Structure for Coupling Reduction between Probe Fed Microstrip Antenna Elements”, The 28th Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium in Cambridge, USA, pp. 1-5, July 2010.
7. C. Vázquez, S. Ver Hoeye, M. Fernández, L.F. Herrán, F. Las Heras, “Frequency Scanning Probe for Microwave Imaging”, pp. 1-4, July 2010.
8. G. Hotopan, S. Ver Hoeye, C. Vázquez, R. Camblor, M. Fernández, F. Las Heras, “Multi-harmonic submillimeter-wave DC-bias Network based on an Arbitrarily Width-Modulated Microstrip Line”, 40th European Microwave Conference EuMC 2010, Paris, Francia, pp. 1-4, septiembre 2010.