Title :
Novel tag antenna design for UHF RFID applications
Author :
Hamani, A. ; Touhami, R. ; Yagoub, M.C.E.
Author_Institution :
Instrum. Lab., U.S.T.H.B., Algiers, Algeria
Abstract :
In this paper, a novel miniaturized UHF Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tag dipole antenna is proposed. Its original structure consists on a series of parallel arms connected to a perpendicular line at their ends. This configuration allows decreasing the physical length of the dipole antenna. A short stub is used at the input to provide a flexible impedance tuning. Two antennas were designed with different sizes. The first antenna, designed for both North American and European bands, has a size of 76.5 mm times 16 mm. The second designed antenna operates in the North American band and has a size of 48.5 mm times 25.5 mm. The two antennas exhibit respective efficiencies of 85 per cent and 74 per cent, making them suitable for RFID applications.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; dipole antennas; radiofrequency identification; European bands; North American bands; flexible impedance tuning; miniaturized UHF RFID tag dipole antenna; radiofrequency identification; short stub; tag antenna design; Antenna radiation patterns; Dipole antennas; Gain; Impedance; Radiofrequency identification; UHF antennas; Antenna; RFID; UHF; radiation efficiency;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium (MMS), 2013 13th Mediterranean
Conference_Location :
Saida
DOI :
10.1109/MMS.2013.6663094
