• DocumentCode
    1242028
  • Title

    Design of RFID tag antenna for metallic surfaces using lossy substrate

  • Author

    Son, H.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Div. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Chonbuk Nat. Univ., Jeonju
  • Volume
    44
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    711
  • Lastpage
    713
  • Abstract
    A novel low-cost antenna design suitable for radio frequency identification (RFID) tags mountable on metallic surfaces is presented. The antenna consists of two shorted patches printed on a lossy FR4 substrate and their radiating edges are facing each other. A tag chip feed is placed between two patches and a stacked shunt capacitor is formed to adjust the antenna impedance. The proposed design reduces the substrate loss and improves the radiation efficiency by more than double compared with a conventional planar inverted-F antenna, which is verified by simulation and measurement.
  • Keywords
    antenna feeds; capacitors; microstrip antennas; radiofrequency identification; substrates; RFID tag antenna design; antenna feed; lossy FR4 substrate; patch antenna impedance; radio frequency identification; shunt capacitor;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20081141
  • Filename
    4538993