Broadband and flexible textile RFID tags for tires

Author

Shuai Shao ; Kiourti, Asimina ; Burkholder, Robert ; Volakis, John

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 July 2014

Firstpage

1507

Lastpage

1507

Abstract

A flexible, passive UHF RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) tag antenna is presented and tested for automotive tire applications. RFID tags on tires can be adapted to provide information on the tire health, retreading interval, pressure and temperature among others. However, typical tags are narrowband. In this paper, we propose a broadband tag that retains its functionality as the surrounding material and location of the RFID tag vary. The tag is fabricated on conductive textiles and embedded into polymer to improve its flexibility and bonding with the tire rubber. Experimental results show that the proposed tag antenna achieves excellent performance when mounted on tires.

Keywords

broadband antennas; radiofrequency identification; rubber; textiles; RFID tag vary; automotive tire applications; broadband textile RFID tags; conductive textiles; flexible textile RFID tags; passive UHF RFID tag antenna; radio frequency identification; retreading interval; tire health; tire rubber; Broadband antennas; Broadband communication; Polymers; RFID tags; Tires;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Memphis, TN

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3538-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2014.6905079

Filename

6905079