Title :
The Albano Passive UHF Tag Antenna: Design and Performance Evaluation
Author :
Delichatsios, Alki ; Engels, Daniel W.
Author_Institution :
Auto-ID Labs, Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA
Abstract :
This paper presents the novel three-dimensional Albano tag antenna which not only radiates omnidirectionally, but performs extremely well in the presence of conductive materials both in static and dynamic environments. Off the three tested tags, only the Albano tag radiated with 100% efficiency in every direction in the dynamic environment, satisfying Gillette´s conveyor-belt requirement for tagged cases. The three-dimensional Albano design is feasibly applied in practice because it attaches to a package when it is flat. When the flat package is folded into a carton, the Albano tag assumes its three-dimensional shape
Keywords :
UHF antennas; dipole antennas; directive antennas; radiofrequency identification; Albano passive UHF tag antenna; Gillette conveyor-belt requirement; conductive materials; three-dimensional Albano tag antenna; Conducting materials; Dipole antennas; Directive antennas; Inorganic materials; Passive RFID tags; Radiofrequency identification; Supply chains; Technical Activities Guide -TAG; UHF antennas; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0123-2
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2006.1711294
