A Miniature UHF rectangular microstrip RFID tag antenna for aluminium can application

• Published in: World Applied Sciences Journal
• Main Author: Aziz Aris M.; Abd. Kadir E.; Mat Zain M.Y.; Ismael Rizman Z.; Rabi'ah Husin N.H.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84891065757&doi=10.5829%2fidosi.wasj.2013.23.eemcge.22017&partnerID=40&md5=5d929dd585f728f6fb3137b9072f5c8b
• ISSN: 19916426
• DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2013.23.eemcge.22017

This paper presents a design of single element rectangular microstrip antenna, where it can be embedded on an aluminium tin can for radio frequency (RF) application. The microstrip antenna was designed using a Liquid Crystalline Polymer (LCP) substrate with dielectric constant, εr = 2.9 and aluminium patch with electrical conductivity, γ= 3.72 × 107 S/m. The microstrip antenna was originally designed using Computer Simulation Technology (CST) Microwave Studio software for operation at 2.45 GHz frequency band application. Furthermore, the return loss, S11 parameter of microstrip antenna is investigated. Some optimizations and analyses are performed such as varying the patch length and width with fixed dielectric constant. In addition, the related simulated value of impedance and return loss are examined and compared. © IDOSI Publications, 2013.