UHF near-field RFID reader antenna

Author

Qing, Xianming ; Goh, Chean Khan ; Chen, Zhi Ning

Author_Institution

Inst. for Infocomm Res., Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2009

fDate

7-10 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

2383

Lastpage

2386

Abstract

A segmented loop antenna is presented for ultra high frequency (UHF) near-field radio frequency identification (RFID) applications. Even though the perimeter of the loop is comparable to the operating wavelength, the proposed segmented line configuration allows current along the loop to remain in phase so that a strong and uniform magnetic field is generated in the region surrounding the antenna. The antenna is printed on an FR4 printed circuit board (PCB) with an overall size of 160 mm Ã— 180 mm Ã— 0.5 mm. It achieves good impedance matching and uniform magnetic field distribution over an operating bandwidth of 800 - 1040 MHz which is desirable for UHF near-field RFID reader applications.

Keywords

UHF antennas; loop antennas; radiofrequency identification; FR4 printed circuit board; UHF near-field RFID reader antenna; frequency 800 MHz to 1040 MHz; impedance matching; radio frequency identification; segmented loop antennas; uniform magnetic field distribution; Antennas and propagation; Application specific integrated circuits; Coils; Couplings; Dielectric losses; Frequency; Hafnium; Magnetic fields; Radiofrequency identification; UHF antennas; Antenna; RFID; UHF; loop antenna; near-field; segmented line;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2009. APMC 2009. Asia Pacific

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2801-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2802-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2009.5385465

Filename

5385465