X-band semi-passive RFID tag on flexible laminate

Author

Preradovic, Stevan ; Menicanin, A.

Author_Institution

Nitero, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

fYear

2012

fDate

Oct. 29 2012-Nov. 1 2012

Firstpage

892

Lastpage

895

Abstract

Development of a prototype low-cost semi-passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag that operates at 10 GHz in the X frequency band is presented. The tag is comprised of a dipole antenna, feed and matching network, a shunt Schottky diode modulator and a microcontroller with an in-built oscillator. The tag is powered by a 3V on-board battery and uses amplitude shift keying (ASK) modulation to communicate with the reader. The X-band RFID tag is design on flexible Taconic laminate. We investigate the performance of the tag´s dipole antenna when printed on polymer using conductive ink. Results presented include the performance of the dipole antenna, feed network, associated software and the tag´s identity as received by an ideal transceiver setup.

Keywords

amplitude shift keying; antenna feeds; dipole antennas; microwave antennas; polymers; radio transceivers; radiofrequency identification; ASK modulation; X-band semipassive RFID tag; amplitude shift keying modulation; antenna feed network; conductive ink; dipole antenna; flexible Taconic laminate; frequency 10 GHz; in-built oscillator; low-cost semipassive radiofrequency identification tag; matching network; microcontroller; on-board battery; polymer; shunt Schottky diode modulator; transceiver setup; voltage 3 V; Antenna measurements; Dipole antennas; Microcontrollers; Modulation; Radiofrequency identification; Schottky diodes; Radio Frequency Identification; antenna; backscatter; dipole; flexible electronics; flexible laminate; semi-passive RFID;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2012 42nd European

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2215-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-2-87487-026-2

Type

conf

Filename

6459325