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2009-08-12
An Inductive Self-Complementary Hilbert-Curve Antenn for UHF RFID Broadband and Circular Polarization Tags
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research B, Vol. 16, 433-443, 2009
Abstract
A novel fractal tag antenna constructed with Hilbert-curve and self-complementary configuration is proposed for UHF RFID applications. The main aim of this paper is to merge the meander line and meandered-slot structure of the RFID tag antenna in order to obtain a good performance of compact, broadband, circular polarization and conjugate impedance matching. The tunable inductive and broadband (-10 dB BW = 115 MHz) characteristics of frequency responses and directivity (1.62 dBi) as well as circular polarization (-3dB AR BW = 315 MHz) of radiation patterns for 900 MHz are studied and presented.
Citation
Ji-Chyun Liu, Bing-Hao Zeng, Ivy Chen, Chung-Chi Chang, and Dau-Chyrh Chang, "An Inductive Self-Complementary Hilbert-Curve Antenn for UHF RFID Broadband and Circular Polarization Tags," Progress In Electromagnetics Research B, Vol. 16, 433-443, 2009.
doi:10.2528/PIERB09072103
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