Performance of a passive UHF RFID tag in reflective environment

Author

Nikkari, Matti ; Björninen, Toni ; Sydänheimo, Lauri ; Ukkonen, Leena ; Elsherbeni, Atef ; Yang, Fan ; Kivikoski, Markku

Author_Institution

Tampere Univ. of Technol., Rauma

fYear

2008

fDate

5-11 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper presents the backscattering properties and power delivery between reader and tag of three UHF RFID tags with two different IC-chips were studied in a reflective metallic Faraday gage environment by measuring threshold power, backscattered signal power and RCS. The results establish that highly reflective environment caused significant variations in threshold power levels and increase in the power level of the reader´s signal the may impair the backscattering properties of the tag rather than give more reliable response. This suggests that in applications where one needs to identify objects in reflective environments adaptive power adjustment in the reader unit may give better results.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave scattering; integrated circuits; radar cross-sections; radiofrequency identification; IC-chips; RCS; backscattered signal power; backscattering properties; passive UHF RFID tag; power delivery; reflective environment; reflective metallic Faraday gage environment; threshold power; Antenna measurements; Backscatter; Frequency; Impedance; Passive RFID tags; Power measurement; Power transmission; Radiofrequency identification; Semiconductor device measurement; Transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2008. AP-S 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2041-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2042-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2008.4619587

Filename

4619587