Flexible and stretchable UHF RFID tag antennas for automotive tire sensing

Author

Shuai Shao ; Kiourti, Asimina ; Burkholder, Robert ; Volakis, John

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 April 2014

Firstpage

2908

Lastpage

2910

Abstract

UHF RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) tag antennas are proposed for automotive tire applications, which are flexible and sufficiently broadband for a wide variety of tire materials and construction. The RFID tags may be mounted on or in the tires to monitor their condition and provide history data. The influence of the rubber material on the tag´s performance is studied, and a broadband tag antenna is proposed which remains tuned on dielectrics of varying permittivity and thickness. Furthermore, a textile-based RFID antenna is fabricated and tested. The flexibility and durability of this antenna makes it a perfect candidate for RFID tire applications.

Keywords

automotive components; permittivity; radiofrequency identification; rubber; tyres; automotive tire applications; automotive tire sensing; broadband tag antenna; flexible UHF RFID tag antennas; history data; permittivity; radio frequency identification; rubber material; stretchable UHF RFID tag antennas; tag performance; textile-based RFID antenna; Broadband antennas; Dipole antennas; Radiofrequency identification; Rubber; Tires; RFID; conductive textiles; flexible antenna; tire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on

Conference_Location

The Hague

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902434

Filename

6902434