• DocumentCode
    1359917
  • Title

    Design of a double-layered spiral antenna for radio frequency identification applications

  • Author

    Lee, Chi-Kwan ; Han, W.K. ; Park, Ikmo ; Choo, Hosung

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Hongik Univ., Seoul, South Korea
  • Volume
    4
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    1/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    121
  • Lastpage
    127
  • Abstract
    In this study, the authors describe a novel circularly polarised (CP) double-layered spiral antenna (DLSA) consisting of two main spiral radiators printed on a thin substrate, a feed line and a folded ground plane for a ultra-high-frequency (UHF) band radio frequency identification (RFID) reader. The proposed antenna exhibits broad impedance and CP bandwidth characteristics. The fabricated prototype has an axial ratio of less than 3 dB, a return loss of less than 10 dB over an 860 960 MHz range and a gain of 6.7 dB in the operating frequency range. This performance confirms that the proposed antenna is appropriate for commercial RFID use in the UHF band.
  • Keywords
    UHF antennas; radiofrequency identification; spiral antennas; double-layered spiral antenna; radiofrequency identification; ultra-high-frequency band;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, IET
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    1751-8725
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/iet-map.2008.0315
  • Filename
    5356100