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Abstract

Currently, the inspection and verification of vehicle-related information are done by police inspectors using camera-based systems or manually. Though integrating video technology is more advantageous than manual operation, they do not perform accurately due to bad weather or driving styles. This paper presents the design of a compact, durable, battery-free, UHF RFID tag with enough memory to carry necessary information for automatic identification of traffic law enforcement applications. The vehicle owner can also be alerted when the tag is detected due to the visual indication facility. This tag's novel feature includes adapting a modified T-match structure to match the highly capacitive impedance of the chosen RFID sensor chip, i.e. Farsens Rocky100. In contrast to existing designs, the proposed tag contains no extra lumped components that necessitate an external impedance matching circuit. Instead, the input impedance was matched using an advanced T-match topology and by optimizing the antenna's geometrical features. Simulations were done in Ansys HFSS (High-Frequency Structure Simulator) whereas the dimensions of all the printed elements were fine-tuned using parametric optimization. The tag was fabricated on a low-cost FR4 substrate and measured. The tag with an overall size of 110 × 25 × 2.4 mm³ can be detected by a conventional UHF RFID reader within a range of about 0.2 m-1 m. Due to the loop configuration, the tag exhibits a confined detection range while operating well within short ranges.

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