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RF tag antenna performance on various materials using radio link budgets

dc.contributor.author Griffin, Joshua D. en_US
dc.contributor.author Durgin, Gregory D. en_US
dc.contributor.author Haldi, Andreas en_US
dc.contributor.author Kippelen, Bernard en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename Georgia Institute of Technology. Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2013-06-27T19:45:02Z
dc.date.available 2013-06-27T19:45:02Z
dc.date.issued 2006
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dc.description.abstract Passive radio frequency (RF) tags in the UHF and microwave bands have drawn considerable attention because of their great potential for use in many radio frequency identification (RFID) applications. However, more basic research is needed to increase the range and reliability of a passive RF tag’s radio link, particularly when the RF tag is placed onto any lossy dielectric or metallic surface. This paper presents two new useful forms of the radio link budget that describe the power link of an RF tag system when the tag is attached to an object. These radio link budgets are dependent upon the gain penalty, a term which quantifies the reduction in RF tag antenna gain due to material attachment. A series of measurements, or radio assay, was used to measure the far-field gain pattern and gain penalty of several flexible 915 MHz antennas when attached to cardboard, pine plywood, acrylic, deionized water, ethylene glycol, ground beef, and an aluminum slab. It is shown that the gain penalty due to material attachment can result in more than 20 dB of excess loss in the backscatter communication link. en_US
dc.identifier.citation Griffin, Joshua D.; Durgin, Gregory D.; Haldi, Andreas and Kippelen, Bernard, "RF tag antenna performance on various materials using radio link budgets," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 5, pp.247-250 ( 2006). en_US
dc.identifier.doi 10.1109/LAWP.2006.874072 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1536-1225 (print)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/48110
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.publisher.original Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers en_US
dc.subject Antenna gain patterns en_US
dc.subject Antenna measurements en_US
dc.subject Link budget en_US
dc.subject Material properties en_US
dc.subject Radio frequency identification(RFID) en_US
dc.subject Radio frequency (RF) tag en_US
dc.title RF tag antenna performance on various materials using radio link budgets en_US
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dc.type.genre Article
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local.contributor.author Kippelen, Bernard
local.contributor.author Durgin, Gregory D.
local.contributor.corporatename Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics
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