Title :
UHF omnidirectional bent dipole antenna for item-level RFID applications
Author :
Lukas, Ivan Jeremiah ; Qing, Xianming ; Chen, Zhi Ning ; Alphones, Arokiaswami
Author_Institution :
Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
Abstract :
This paper has presented a bent dipole tag antenna for UHF item-level RFID applications. The RFID tag using the proposed antenna has exhibited a very good omnidirectional reading pattern, which has shown great potential for item-level RFID applications in restaurants or libraries for tracking the items such as plates and books.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; dipole antennas; radiofrequency identification; UHF omnidirectional bent dipole antenna; item-level RFID applications; omnidirectional reading pattern; radio frequency identification technology; Attenuators; Dipole antennas; Impedance; Military aircraft; Plastics; Power generation; RFID tags; Radiofrequency identification; Tagging; UHF antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2008. AP-S 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2041-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2042-1
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2008.4619589