Low-Profile Conformal UHF RFID Tag Antenna for Integration With Water Bottles

Development of a low-profile and conformal RFID tag antenna with an omnidirectional radiation pattern when mounted on a water bottle is presented. The antenna design and design parameters uncertainty are quantified using numerical simulations. The simulation-based antenna design is verified experimentally for single and multiple tagged bottles configurations.

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