Considering High-Performance Near-Field Reader Antennas: Comparisons of Proposed Antenna Layouts for Ultrahigh-Frequency Near-Field Radio-Frequency Identification

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is being widely used in supply chain and logistics applications for wireless identification and the tracking and tracing of goods, with excellent performance for the long-range interrogation of tagged pallets and cases (up to 4-6 m, with passive tags). Item-level tagging (ILT) has also received much attention, especially in the pharmaceutical and retail industries. Low-frequency (125-134 KHz) and high-frequency (HF) (13.56 MHz) RFID systems have traditionally been used for ILT applications, where the radio-frequency (RF) power from the reader is delivered to the passive tags by inductive coupling. Recently, ultra-HF (UHF) (840-960 MHz) near-field (NF) RFID systems [1] have attracted increasing attention because of the merits of the much higher reading speed and capability to detect a larger number of tags (bulk reading). A UHF NF RFID system is a valuable solution to implement a reliable short-range wireless link (up to a few tens of centimeters) for ILT applications. Because the tags can be made smaller, RFID-based applications can be extended to extremely minuscule items (e.g., retail apparel, jewelry, drugs, rented apparel) as well as the successful implementation of RFID-based storage spaces, smart conveyor belts, and shopping carts.

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