Development of smart antenna for RFID reader

被引:12
作者
Karmakar, Nemai Chandra [1 ]
Roy, Sushim Mukul [1 ]
Ikram, Muhammad Saqib [1 ]
机构
[1] Monash Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Syst Engn, Clayton, Vic 3800, Australia
来源
2008 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RFID | 2008年
关键词
radio frequency identification; smart antenna; RFID tag; Barcode; anti-collision; RFID reader; switched beam array; beamforming; phased array antenna; phase shifter;
D O I
10.1109/RFID.2008.4519356
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems have many important applications in the 900 MHz frequency band. A 3x2-element planar smart antenna for RFID readers in a low cost compact package is developed. The smart antenna covers 860-960 MHz frequency band with more than 10 dB input return loss, 12 dBi. broadside gain and up to 401 elevation beam scanning with a 4-bit reflection type phase shifter array. Once implemented in the mass market, RFID smart antennas will contribute tremendously in the areas of RFID tag reading rates, collision mitigation, location finding of items and capacity improvement of the RFID system.
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页码:65 / 73
页数:9
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