Title :
An optimization study on multi-section dipole antenna designs for printed UHF RFID
Author :
Pongpaibool, Pornanong ; Demeechai, Tanee ; Janpugdee, Panuwat ; Siwamogsatham, Siwaruk
Author_Institution :
Nat. Electron. & Comput. Technol. Center, Klong Luang, Thailand
Abstract :
In this paper, we present an optimization study on multi-section dipole antenna designs for printed UHF RFID, in which the antenna structure is divided into several unequal sections of radiating areas. The optimization work is extensively performed on the thickness, the length, as well as the width of each section in order to obtain optimal-performance multi-section printed dipole antennas at the lowest possible cost. The simulation results illustrate that a four-section dipole antenna structure with each succeeding section having the width approximately equal to half the width of its prior section achieves superior antenna efficiency performance. The conductive ink consumption of this antenna design is reduced around 51% when compared with the conventional flat layer design in order to achieve the same level of antenna efficiency performance as the ideal copper-trace dipole antenna.
Keywords :
copper; dipole antennas; microstrip antennas; optimisation; radiofrequency identification; Cu; conductive ink consumption; copper-trace dipole antenna; four-section dipole antenna structure; multisection printed dipole antennas; optimization; printed UHF RFID; Antenna accessories; Dipole antennas; Materials; Radiofrequency identification; Skin; UHF antennas; Printed RFID; RFID tag; cost-efficient design; multi section; planar dipole antenna;
Conference_Titel :
RFID-Technologies and Applications (RFID-TA), 2013 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Johor Bahru
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2114-0
DOI :
10.1109/RFID-TA.2013.6694522
