Aperture coupled UWB microstrip patch antenna array for mm-Wave chipless RFID tag reader

Author

Islam, M.A. ; Karmakar, Nemai ; Azad, Abul K. M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., Monash Univ., Clayton, VIC, Australia

fYear

2012

fDate

5-7 Nov. 2012

Firstpage

208

Lastpage

211

Abstract

A 4×4 aperture coupled UWB microstrip patch antenna array for mm-wave chipless RFID tag reader is presented. The antenna is operating over the 21-27 GHz frequency band with 20 dBi gain. A systematic approach has been followed to design the antenna array, where, firstly a single antenna element is optimized, then a feed network using multistage power divider is designed and finally, the 4×4 antenna array is developed and optimized. Simulation and measurement results of the antenna are described in details with gain, radiation pattern and impedance behavior. Finally, the assembled antenna is used for measuring mm-wave chipless tag to validate its functional accuracy. The antenna can be used in commercial mm-wave chipless RFID tag reader due to its lower profile, cost and higher gain.

Keywords

antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; aperture antennas; microstrip antenna arrays; millimetre wave antenna arrays; power dividers; radiofrequency identification; ultra wideband antennas; 4×4 aperture coupled UWB microstrip patch antenna array; antenna radiation pattern; feed network; frequency 21 GHz to 27 GHz; impedance behavior; millimetre wave chipless RFID tag reader; mm-wave chipless RFID tag reader; multistage power divider; single antenna element; Antenna arrays; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Arrays; Power dividers; Radiofrequency identification;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

RFID-Technologies and Applications (RFID-TA), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4656-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-4658-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFID-TA.2012.6404514

Filename

6404514