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http://dx.doi.org/10.6109/jkiice.2015.19.8.1759

Design of a broadband CP antenna for RFID readers  

Lee, Jong-Ig (Department of Electronics Engineering, Dongseo University)
Yeo, Junho (School of Computer and Communication Engineering, Daegu University)
Park, Jin-Taek (Department of Mobile Communication Engineering, Changshin University)
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Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering / v.19, no.8, 2015 , pp. 1759-1764 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we considered a design method of a circular polarization (CP) antenna for UHF (ultra high frequency) RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) readers. The antenna is a dual-fed circular microstrip patch which produces right-handed CP. Quadrature hybrid coupler is used for dual feeding. The outputs of the coupler and circular patch are connected through copper wires, and the inductive reactance produced by the connecting wires is compensated by a ring-shaped slot inserted inside the circular patch. The effects of the geometrical parameters of the proposed antenna on the antenna performance are examined, and the parameters are adjusted to be suitable for the operation in North American UHF RFID band (902-928 MHz), which includes domestic UHF RFID band. The antenna is fabricated, and the experiment results reveal a frequency band of 854-993 MHz for a voltage standing wave ratio < 2. The fabricated antenna is connected to a commercial RFID reader, and it showed a good performance of tag identification.
Keywords
CP antenna; RFID antenna; microstrip antenna; dual-feeding; broadband antenna;
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