Design and synthesis methodology for UHF-RFID tags based on the T-match network

A new systematic methodology for the design of T-match based UHF-RFID tags is proposed. The great majority of commercial UHF-RFID tags are based on dipole antennas using a modification of a T-match network. The literature contains examples of models that describe the T-match, but they are not suffic...

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Authors: Zamora González, Gerard|||0000-0001-6609-8643, Zuffanelli, Simone, Paredes Marco, Ferran|||0000-0002-7252-1169, Martín, Ferran|||0000-0002-1494-9167, Bonache Albacete, Jordi|||0000-0002-7225-5737
Format: article
Publication Date:2013
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:288477
Online Access:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/288477
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1109/TMTT.2013.2287856
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Radio frequency identification (RFID)
T-match network
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Antennas
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Summary:A new systematic methodology for the design of T-match based UHF-RFID tags is proposed. The great majority of commercial UHF-RFID tags are based on dipole antennas using a modification of a T-match network. The literature contains examples of models that describe the T-match, but they are not sufficiently accurate to synthesize the tag geometry. Using the proposed methodology, a global band UHF-RFID tag based on a folded dipole antenna and matched to the RFID integrated circuit by means of a T-match network is designed and fabricated. Very good agreement between the measured and simulated read range is achieved within the entire UHF-RFID band, which reveals that the proposed method is amenable for accurate analysis and synthesis of T-match based UHF-RFID tags.