Design a new fractal loop antenna for UHF RFID tags based on a proposed fractal curve

Author

Sultan, Qusai H. ; Sabaawi, Ahmed M A

Author_Institution

Coll. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq

fYear

2010

fDate

2-4 Nov. 2010

Firstpage

6

Lastpage

9

Abstract

In this paper, a new fractal curve is proposed and discussed. Fractal loop antenna is designed and implemented based on the 2nd iteration of the new proposed curve. IE3D electromagnetic simulator is used in simulation based on Method of Moments (MoM). The designed antenna is fabricated using PCB technology and the antenna parameters are measured in anechoic chamber. There is an acceptable agreement between the simulated and measured results. The obtained results are compared with those results of a fractal loop antenna published previously and the recent antenna showed better characteristics. The effect of different materials on antenna performance is studied also.

Keywords

anechoic chambers (electromagnetic); fractal antennas; printed circuits; radiofrequency identification; IE3D electromagnetic simulator; Method of Moments; PCB technology; UHF RFID tags; anechoic chamber; antenna parameters; fractal curve; fractal loop antenna; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Fractals; Impedance; Radiofrequency identification; UHF antennas; PCB technology; RFID tags; Return Loss; UHF band; fractal antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Technology and Development (ICCTD), 2010 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cairo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8844-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-8845-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCTD.2010.5646055

Filename

5646055