A 3D RFID Static Test System Using a Spherical Near-Field Antenna Measurement Chamber

Author

Lee, Yuan-Hung ; Tsai, Meng-Ying ; Yang, Chang-Fa ; Lin, Ike

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Nat. Taiwan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Taipei, Taiwan

Volume

61

Issue

1

fYear

2013

Firstpage

362

Lastpage

370

Abstract

This paper presents a method for evaluating radio frequency identification (RFID) 3D readable ranges, implemented by integrating a spherical scanning antenna measurement system for RFID static tests in an anechoic chamber environment. Also presented with demonstrative examples are measurement efficiency in terms of total elapsed measurement time, figures of merit on characterizing the tag readable range of the static test results, and the associated system validations.

Keywords

anechoic chambers (electromagnetic); measurement systems; microwave antennas; radiofrequency identification; radiofrequency measurement; 3D RFID static test system; 3D radiofrequency identification static test system; anechoic chamber environment; figure of merit; measurement efficiency; spherical near-field antenna measurement chamber; spherical scanning antenna measurement system; tag readable range; total elapsed measurement time; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Power measurement; Probes; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency identification; Time measurement; RFID; anechoic chamber; readable range; spherical scanning; static test;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2012.2216493

Filename

6293859