Spread Bow-Tie Tag Antenna for Passive UHF RFID of Paper Reels

Author

Schaffrath, Marijke E. ; Kataja, Jukka S. ; Ukkonen, Leena ; Sydänheimo, Lauri T. ; Kivikoski, Markku A.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Rauma

fYear

2006

fDate

9-14 July 2006

Firstpage

3217

Lastpage

3220

Abstract

Paper reel logistics need an identification method that covers the whole supply chain. RFID has the potential, but for safety reasons tags should be placed between core and paper, and the paper reel should be still identifiable from all directions horizontally around it. In this paper, a new tag antenna model was developed for paper reel identification: the spread BT antenna. The greatest progress of this work is that a paper reel can be identified with the developed spread BT tag better than with a conventional bow tie tag or commercial tags. There is a demand for 360 degrees reading, and the spread BT tag reaches about 200deg reading. Results of this work also indicate that 360deg identification of a paper reel is possible with RFID tag antenna development

Keywords

UHF antennas; bow-tie antennas; paper industry; radiofrequency identification; bar codes; paper reel identification; paper reel logistics; passive UHF RFID; spread bow-tie tag antenna; supply chain covering option; tag antenna model; Antenna radiation patterns; Dipole antennas; Frequency; Industrial electronics; Logistics; Passive RFID tags; Radiofrequency identification; Supply chains; Technical Activities Guide -TAG; UHF antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0123-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2006.1711296

Filename

1711296