Design of a miniaturized RFID antenna integrated with sensor for wireless agricultural applications

Author

Harrabi, Amal ; Gharsallah, Ali ; Tentzeris, Manos M.

Author_Institution

Lab. of Res. of High Freq. Syst. & Circuits, Fac. of Sci. of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia

fYear

2012

fDate

26-30 March 2012

Firstpage

3483

Lastpage

3486

Abstract

In this paper, designs of an RFID-enabled tag antenna as well as two other miniaturized antennas are proposed for wireless sensors for agricultural applications, all of which are based on patch antennas around the resonant frequency of 2.45 GHz. With the use of the simulation tool CST MWS, these antennas were designed and optimized. They allow not only the integration of a microchip but also of a sensor commonly used in the agricultural field such as a humidity/temperature sensor.

Keywords

agricultural engineering; microstrip antennas; optimisation; radiofrequency identification; wireless sensor networks; CST MWS; miniaturized RFID antenna; optimization; patch antenna; simulation tool; tag antenna; wireless agricultural application; wireless sensor; Antenna radiation patterns; Gain; Microstrip antennas; Radiofrequency identification; Shape; Slot antennas; RFID; RFID-enabled sensor; miniaturized antenna; slot antenna; wireless agricultural applications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Prague

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0918-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-0919-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206699

Filename

6206699