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Abstract

A compact printed dipole antenna using fractal shape for Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) is presented. The proposed antenna consists of a third iteration fractal tree structure with the aim of reducing the antenna size. It occupies a volume of 78 × 30 × 1.58 mm³ and the radiator is composed of two arms. The antenna has been designed and optimized to cover the bi-band for passive RFID tag at 915 MHz and 2.4 GHz. A parametric study of the proposed antenna was carried out in order to optimize the main parameters. Details of the proposed antenna design and measurement results are presented and discussed.

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