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Development of compact inductive coupled meander line RFID tag for near-field applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 July 2016

Abhishek Choudhary ,
Krishan Gopal ,
Deepak Sood  and
Chandra Charu Tripathi
Abhishek Choudhary*
Affiliation:
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India. Phone: +919467673010
Krishan Gopal
Affiliation:
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India. Phone: +919467673010
Deepak Sood
Affiliation:
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India. Phone: +919467673010
Chandra Charu Tripathi
Affiliation:
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India. Phone: +919467673010
*
Corresponding author: A. Choudhary Email: choudhary.abhi16@email.com
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Abstract

The development of compact radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is the key requirement for wireless tracking of precious small size goods/packages in transport. A design of compact meander line tag antenna having inductive coupling feed is presented for RFID system operating at ultra high frequency band of 865–867 MHz. The size of the proposed tag antenna is 43 mm × 10 mm, and is designed using Higgs 4 IC chip (made Alien Technology, USA) having impedance of 20.55 − j191.45 Ω at centre frequency 866 MHz. The antenna characteristics such as impedance, radiation pattern, bandwidth, and effect of ground on gain and tag size are analyzed and found to closely match with the simulated values. The observed value of reading range varies from 87.5 to 35 cms depending on mounting on non-metal and metal packages, respectively.

Keywords

Antenna designModelling and measurementsAntennas and propagation for wireless systems
Type
Research Papers
Information
International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , May 2017 , pp. 757 - 764
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2016 

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