Planar antenna for passive radio frequency identification (RFID) tags

Author

Diugwu, C.A. ; Batchelor, J.C. ; Langley, R.J. ; Fogg, M.

Author_Institution

Electron. Dept., Kent Univ., Canterbury

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

17-17 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

21

Abstract

The paper presents an overview of recent state of the art in antenna technology for passive RFID tags used for field and asset tracking. Improved detection ranges have been realised utilising planar antenna technology with the benefits of low-cost, ease of manufacture and low-profile. These are offset by the disadvantages of narrow bandwidth and low power capacity. Improvements in passive RFID tag antenna design operating at the ultra high frequency (UHF) and microwave frequency bands are detailed and discussed. Numerical results are calculated using CST microwave studio

Keywords

UHF antennas; microstrip antennas; radiofrequency identification; UHF band; asset tracking; field tracking; microwave band; narrow bandwidth; passive RFID tag antennas; passive radio frequency identification tags; patch antenna; planar antenna; power capacity; Bandwidth; Frequency; Manufacturing; Microwave antennas; Paper technology; Passive RFID tags; Planar arrays; RFID tags; Radiofrequency identification; UHF antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AFRICON, 2004. 7th AFRICON Conference in Africa

Conference_Location

Gaborone

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8605-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AFRICON.2004.1406625

Filename

1406625