Slotted Triangular Monopole Antenna for UHF RFID Readers
Keywords:
Monopole antenna, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), read range, read rateAbstract
A new compact slotted triangular monopole antenna for ultra-high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) applications is presented. The antenna exhibits an omnidirectional radiation pattern and has a bandwidth (BW) of more than 13%. It covers the global UHF RFID band and has a maximum gain of around 2.6 dBi. An overview of the antenna design along with the full wave simulation is provided. A prototype of the antenna is fabricated and tested. Good agreement is obtained between simulated and measured results. Moreover, the antenna is used with a UHF RFID reader in real use cases where read range and read rate with different commercial tags are used to evaluate the antenna performance.
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