An optimization study on multi-section dipole antenna designs for printed UHF RFID

Author

Pongpaibool, Pornanong ; Demeechai, Tanee ; Janpugdee, Panuwat ; Siwamogsatham, Siwaruk

Author_Institution

Nat. Electron. & Comput. Technol. Center, Klong Luang, Thailand

fYear

2013

fDate

4-5 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this paper, we present an optimization study on multi-section dipole antenna designs for printed UHF RFID, in which the antenna structure is divided into several unequal sections of radiating areas. The optimization work is extensively performed on the thickness, the length, as well as the width of each section in order to obtain optimal-performance multi-section printed dipole antennas at the lowest possible cost. The simulation results illustrate that a four-section dipole antenna structure with each succeeding section having the width approximately equal to half the width of its prior section achieves superior antenna efficiency performance. The conductive ink consumption of this antenna design is reduced around 51% when compared with the conventional flat layer design in order to achieve the same level of antenna efficiency performance as the ideal copper-trace dipole antenna.

Keywords

copper; dipole antennas; microstrip antennas; optimisation; radiofrequency identification; Cu; conductive ink consumption; copper-trace dipole antenna; four-section dipole antenna structure; multisection printed dipole antennas; optimization; printed UHF RFID; Antenna accessories; Dipole antennas; Materials; Radiofrequency identification; Skin; UHF antennas; Printed RFID; RFID tag; cost-efficient design; multi section; planar dipole antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

RFID-Technologies and Applications (RFID-TA), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Johor Bahru

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4799-2114-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFID-TA.2013.6694522

Filename

6694522