Design of UHF RFID Tag Antenna for Packaging Liquid Applications

Authors

  • Chuwong Phongcharoenpanich Department of Telecommunications Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok
  • Pornniwat Kumankad Department of Telecommunications Engineering Faculty of Engineering King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
  • Sanchai Eardprab Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Burapha University, Chonburi
  • Tajchai Pumpoung Department of Telecommunications Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Rajamangala University of Technology Isan, Nakhon Ratchasima.

Keywords:

Passive tag, Linear polarization, Ultra High Frequency (UHF), Omni-directional, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

Abstract

This article presents the design of the RFID tag antenna for national standard at 920-925 MHz. The passive tag is designed for detection liquid in packaging. The tag antenna has been designed with NXP G2XL integrated circuit chip. The structure of meander line is applied to reduce the physical size of the antenna and T-match method is introduced to improve impedance matching. The presented tag antenna is compact with 21.5 mm × 48.5 mm and a thickness of 0.8 mm. The maximum reading range is 4 m. The radiation pattern of tag antenna is omni-directional with linear polarization. The proposed tag antenna can be efficiently applied for liquid detection. The gain of the tag antenna has clearly changed and   related to the reading distance between the reader and the tag antenna.

References

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T. Pumpoung, “Design of UHF Tag Antenna for Wideband RFID System,” Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. Telecommunication Engineering, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand, 2015.

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Published

2020-09-25

How to Cite

[1]
C. Phongcharoenpanich, P. . Kumankad, S. . Eardprab, and T. . Pumpoung, “Design of UHF RFID Tag Antenna for Packaging Liquid Applications”, Eng. & Technol. Horiz., vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 19–27, Sep. 2020.

Issue

Vol. 37 No. 3 (2020): July - September

Section

Research Articles

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