Uniform magnetic field characteristics based UHF RFID tag for Internet of Things applications

Sharif, A. B. et al. (2021) Uniform magnetic field characteristics based UHF RFID tag for Internet of Things applications. Electronics, 10(13), 1603. (doi: 10.3390/electronics10131603)

[img] Text
242602.pdf - Published Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution.

8MB

Abstract

This paper presents a novel inkjet-printed near-field ultra-high-frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) tag/sensor design with uniform magnetic field characteristics. The proposed tag is designed using the theory of characteristics mode (TCM). Moreover, the uniformity of current and magnetic field performance is achieved by further optimizing the design using particle swarm optimization (PSO). Compared to traditional electrically small near-field tags, this tag uses the logarithmic spiral as the radiating structure. The benefit of the logarithmic spiral structure lies in its magnetic field receiving area that can be extended to reach a higher reading distance. The combination of TCM and PSO is used to get the uniform magnetic field and desired resonant frequency. Moreover, the PSO was exploited to get a uniform magnetic field in the horizontal plane of the normal phase of the UHF RFID near-field reader antenna. As compared with the frequently-used commercial near field tag (Impinj J41), our design can be readable up to a three times greater read distance. Furthermore, the proposed near-field tag design shows great potential for commercial item-level tagging of expensive jewelry products and sensing applications, such as temperature monitoring of the human body.

Item Type:Articles
Additional Information:We would like to thank the Ajman University Internal Research Grant for partially supporting this work.
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Abbasi, Professor Qammer and Imran, Professor Muhammad and Sharif, Dr Abu Bakar
Creator Roles:
Abbasi, Q.Methodology, Validation, Formal analysis, Writing – review and editing, Supervision
Imran, M.Validation, Formal analysis, Resources, Supervision
Sharif, A. B.Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft
Authors: Sharif, A. B., Yan, Y., Ouyang, J., Chattha, H. T., Arshad, K., Assaleh, K., Alotabi, A. A., Althobaiti, T., Ramzan, N., Abbasi, Q. H., and Imran, M. A.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering
College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Systems Power and Energy
Journal Name:Electronics
Publisher:MDPI
ISSN:2079-9292
ISSN (Online):2079-9292
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2021 The Authors
First Published:First published in Electronics 10(13):1603
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons License

University Staff: Request a correction | Enlighten Editors: Update this record