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Circular Polarized RFID Tag Antenna Design using Characteristic Mode Analysis

  • Abubakar Sharif
  • , Muhammad Ali Imran
  • , Jun Ouyang
  • , Qammer H. Abbasi
  • , Yi Yan
  • University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
  • University of Glasgow

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Abstract

This paper presents a circularly polarised RFID tag antenna using characteristic mode analysis. The proposed design consists of a leaf-shaped radiator with two cross slots and shorting stubs etched on a grounded FR4 substrate. By analyzing the characteristic modes, the diagonal slots are created at suitable locations to enable modes to resonate in the required frequency band. In addition to this, edge rounding is performed to create modes with orthogonal current distribution for circular polarisation. Moreover, the RFID chip is placed as a capacitive coupling element at current minima to excite these orthogonal modes. Furthermore, the tag parameters are optimized to give a conjugate match with Alien H4 RFID chip in US UHF RFID band (902 - 928 MHz). The proposed tag provides a read range of 3.5 m and 5 m after mounting on low permittivity substrate and 100 × 100 mm2metallic plate, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2019 International Workshop on Antenna Technology, iWAT 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages62-64
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781538682692
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event2019 International Workshop on Antenna Technology, iWAT 2019 - Miami, United States
Duration: 3 Mar 20196 Mar 2019

Publication series

Name2019 International Workshop on Antenna Technology, iWAT 2019

Conference

Conference2019 International Workshop on Antenna Technology, iWAT 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMiami
Period3/03/196/03/19

Keywords

  • RFID tag
  • characteristic mode analysis
  • circular polarised
  • impedance match

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