Study of Mutual Coupling of Typical Commercial UHF RFID Tags in a High-Density Environment
- 1 Laboratory of Technology of the University Félix Houphouët Boigny, Abidjan-Ivory Coast, Cote D'Ivoire
- 2 Higher Normal School, Abidjan-Ivory Coast, Cote D'Ivoire
Abstract
In the context of high-density passive UHF (Ultra High Frequency) RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag technology, the problem of mutual coupling has to be taken into account as one of the performance criteria of UHF RFID systems. In practical applications, mutual coupling changes the intrinsic parameters of the antennas attached to these tags, i.e., the impedance matching of the antenna and the chip and the radiation pattern. The objective of this study is to study the performance of some commercial tag prototypes by their level of sensitivity to mutual coupling. The 3D initialization model of the Printed Dipole, Printed T-Match, and Printed Meander tags were used to directly extract the mutual impedance values in various scenarios by the ANSYS HFSS software and compare them with the MATLAB software. The simulated results show the effectiveness of this study in obtaining a clear understanding of the performance of the tags. These results open new perspectives on the study of mutual tag-to-tag coupling for research and will help users to make better decisions in the choice of UHF RFID tags for the radio frequency identification of products.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajeassp.2022.209.219
Copyright: © 2022 Gbamélé Konan Fernand, Akpata Edouard, Assamoi Claude Daniel, Gnamele N’tcho Assoukpou Jean, Youan Bi Tra Jean Claude, Ouattara Yelakan Berenger and Konan Kouassi Fransisco. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Keywords
- UHF RFID Tags
- Mutual Coupling
- Mutual Impedance
- Printed Dipole
- T-Match
- Printed Meander Dipole