Wideband modified dipole antenna for passive UHF RFID tags

Author

Sabaawi, Ahmed M A ; Quboa, Kaydar M.

Author_Institution

Coll. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq

fYear

2010

fDate

27-30 June 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, a new modified wideband dipole antenna for passive UHF RFID is designed, simulated, fabricated and tested. The modification is done by adding vertical and horizontal stubs to the structure of the ordinary dipole antenna to reduce its length and broaden its bandwidth. IE3D full-wave electromagnetic simulator is used to simulate the modified dipole and compare it with the ordinary dipole antennas. The results showed that the modified dipole is shorter by (14%) and has wider bandwidth by (274.55%) which makes it able to cover the entire frequency band dedicated for UHF RFID systems (860 MHz ~ 960 MHz). The modified dipole antenna is fabricated using PCB technology and its parameters are measured in an anechoic chamber. The effect of different materials on antenna performance also studied in this paper.

Keywords

UHF antennas; anechoic chambers (electromagnetic); broadband antennas; dipole antennas; electromagnetic wave propagation; printed circuits; radiofrequency identification; IE3D full-wave electromagnetic simulator; PCB technology; anechoic chamber; frequency 860 MHz to 960 MHz; horizontal stubs; passive UHF RFID tags; vertical stubs; wideband modified dipole antenna; Antennas; Atmospheric measurements; Materials; Particle measurements; Radiofrequency identification; Resonant frequency; Wideband; Dipole antenna; Passiv Tags; RFID; Return Loss; UHF band;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems Signals and Devices (SSD), 2010 7th International Multi-Conference on

Conference_Location

Amman

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7532-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SSD.2010.5585600

Filename

5585600