Title :
Meander line antenna for RFID applications in health care
Author :
Moussa, M.S. ; Kouki, Ammar B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ecole de Technol. Suprieure, Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
In this paper, a simple planar meander-line antenna is purposed, for RFID application at microwave band. The antenna is designed to fit within the front face of a biopsy cassette and is fabricated by using RO-3006 dielectric substrate with permittivity 6.15. Momentum ADS software is used for simulation design process. The antenna has been tested with the Vector Network Analyzer and the resonance frequency was measured at 5.3 GHz with a meander of 5 1/2 turns. The best return loss for the antenna is -24 dB (measured) with a gain of 2.01 dBi.
Keywords :
biomedical communication; health care; microwave antennas; planar antennas; radiofrequency identification; telecommunication computing; RFID; RO-3006 dielectric substrate; biopsy cassette; health care; microwave band; momentum ADS software; planar meander-line antenna; radio frequency identification; vector network analyzer; Antenna measurements; Medical services; Microwave antennas; Radiofrequency identification; Resonant frequency; Transmission line measurements; Health care; Meander line; Microstrip antenna; Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID); Tag;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2011 24th Canadian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Niagara Falls, ON
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9788-1
Electronic_ISBN :
0840-7789
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.2011.6030458
