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- Title
A Novel Asterisk-Shaped Circularly Polarized RFID Tag for On-Metal Applications.
- Authors
Khan, Umar H.; Aslam, Bilal; Khan, Javaria; Nadeem, Misha; Shahid, Humayun; Azam, Muhammad Awais; Amin, Yasar; Tenhunen, Hannu
- Abstract
An asterisk-shaped, metal-mountable RFID tag with a minuscule footprint is presented. The proposed design makes use of multiple asymmetric slots patterned in a cross-shaped fashion to achieve circular polarization. The structure is excited capacitively using a terminally-grounded, T-shaped feed line positioned within the slots. This peculiar arrangement permits the attainment of circular polarized radiation characteristics over a wide band of operation. Impedance matching, antenna size reduction and read range enhancement are the additional advantages offered by the embedded feed line. The final design is realized on a commercially available FR-4 substrate over dimensions of 40 x 40 mm2 yielding an impedance bandwidth and an axial ratio bandwidth of 37 MHz and 20 MHz, respectively. Improvement in antenna gain (and consequently in the read range) is reported upon mounting the tag on metallic surfaces.
- Subjects
RADIO technology equipment -- Design &; construction; RADIO frequency identification systems; CIRCULAR polarization; IMPEDANCE matching; RADIATION; ANTENNA design
- Publication
Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal, 2016, Vol 31, Issue 9, p1035
- ISSN
1054-4887
- Publication type
Article