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http://dx.doi.org/10.7782/JKSR.2015.18.2.105

Design of Beam-forming Reader Antenna for Train Position Detection using RFID  

Ahn, Chi-Hyung (KRRI (Korea Railroad Research Institute))
Cho, Bong-Kwan (KRRI (Korea Railroad Research Institute))
Ryu, Sang-Hwan (KRRI (Korea Railroad Research Institute))
Oh, Soon-Soo (Department of Electronic Engineering Chosun University)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Railway / v.18, no.2, 2015 , pp. 105-110 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper presents a $4{\times}1$ beam-forming reader antenna system for a new type of RFID based train position detection technology. The required beamwidth of the reader antenna is analytically expressed for different train speeds. The proposed antenna system consists of four rectangular patch elements and two switching couplers which are designed, without any impedance matching networks, for two different antenna modes. The switching coupler is a rectangular quadrature coupler with Pin diodes connecting its center line and the ground plane. The beamwidth of the antenna when the diodes are off and on is $18^{\circ}$ and $39^{\circ}$, respectively. The proposed antenna system will be used for a real train test in the near future.
Keywords
Train position detection; RFID; Reader antenna; Beamwidth; Tag;
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