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Abstract

A low-profile ultra-high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) tag antenna for double-sided anti-metal applications is proposed. The antenna comprises a middle layer of radiation patch, which is sandwiched between two layers of foam substrates, each with a thickness of 0.5 mm, and flanked by two layers of ground plane. A rectangular loop is designed on the radiation patch to expand the frequency band and optimize impedance matching. Particularly, one side of the radiation patch is shorted to the ground through a slotted stub to reduce the antenna size. The tag antenna is compact with a dimension of 38 mm × 20 mm × 1.15 mm (0.1159λ × 0.061λ × 0.0035λ at 915 MHz). When the two ground planes are individually mounted on metallic objects, the read distances are 5.4 m and 5.2 m, respectively. The proposed tag antenna demonstrates double-sided metal resistance, making it highly suitable for use in the industrial internet of things field.

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