Title :
Impact of recurrent stretching on the performance of electro-textile UHF RFID tags
Author :
Bjorninen, Toni ; Virkki, Johanna ; Sydanheimo, Lauri ; Ukkonen, Leena
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Tampere, Finland
Abstract :
We study the impact of recurrent stretching on the performance of passive ultra-high frequency radio-frequency identification tag based on a textile antenna patterned from stretchable silver coated fabric. We also outline the simulation-based design of the antenna composed of this unconventional conductor and report the measured performance of the tag when attached to a shirt and worn in the upper arm.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; fabrics; radiofrequency identification; textiles; wearable antennas; electro-textile UHF RFID tags; passive ultra-high frequency radiofrequency identification tag; recurrent stretching impact; simulation-based design; stretchable silver coated fabric; textile antenna; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Integrated circuits; Radiofrequency identification; Textiles; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics System-Integration Technology Conference (ESTC), 2014
Conference_Location :
Helsinki
DOI :
10.1109/ESTC.2014.6962807
