RF Design for Sustainability

In this talk, I will present radio frequency design solutions for wireless sensor and communication nodes to solve sustainability issues in the Internet of things (IoT) due to the massive deployment of wireless IoT nodes on environmental, economic, and societal levels. Engineers can apply these design solutions to improve the (ultra-)low-power operation of IoT nodes, avoid batteries’ eco-toxicity, and decrease maintenance costs due to battery replacement. The presented solutions offer high integration levels based on system-on-chip and system-in-package concepts in low-cost complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technologies to limit the costs and carbon footprints of these nodes.

In particular, I will present solutions for (ultra-)low-power wireless communication systems based on high-frequency and ultra-high frequency radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies. I will show design solutions for wireless systems that reveal how to develop passive miniaturized IoT nodes that operate robustly in harsh application environments and how to create passive – batteryless – IoT nodes which provide passive sensing capabilities and work robustly in their respective application environment.

Speakers:

Jasmin Grosinger
Prof., Graz University of Technology, Austria

Jasmin Grosinger (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Dipl.-Ing. (M.Sc.) degree (Hons.) in telecommunications and the Dr.techn. (Ph.D.) degree (Hons.) from the Vienna University of Technology, Austria, in 2008 and 2012. In January 2021, she received the Venia Docendi (post-doctoral degree) in radio frequency and microwave engineering from Graz University of Technology, Austria.