Title :
Design of Novel RFID Tag Antennas for Metallic Objects
Author :
Cho, Chihyun ; Choo, Hosung ; Park, Ikmo
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Hongik Univ., Seoul
Abstract :
In this paper, a novel tag antenna is proposed; it has a very simple structure that does not require a ground plane or shorting pins. The proposed tag antenna has significant advantages over other types of tag antennas for metallic objects, such as low cost, light weight, and ease of fabrication. The body of the antenna is printed as a single planar strip line on a thin PET substrate (polyethylene, epsir =3.9, tandelta=0.003) and it is mounted on foam substrate (epsir=1.0). The detail design parameters of the proposed antenna were optimized using the Pareto genetic algorithm (GA) in conjunction with the IE3D EM simulator and the resulting tag antenna has readable ranges of about 2.8 m when mounted in the air and 1.8 m when mounted on a metallic surface
Keywords :
Pareto optimisation; genetic algorithms; microstrip antennas; radiofrequency identification; IE3D EM simulator; PET substrate; Pareto genetic algorithm; RFID tag antennas; foam substrate; metallic objects; metallic surface; single planar strip line; Algorithm design and analysis; Costs; Design optimization; Fabrication; Genetic algorithms; Pareto optimization; Pins; Polyethylene; Positron emission tomography; RFID tags;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0123-2
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2006.1711303