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Tilted bi‐sense circularly‐polarized antenna and its application for radio frequency identification system
Author(s) -
Zhang WenHai,
Tam KamWeng,
Lu WenJun,
Cheong Pedro,
Choi WaiWa,
Ho SutKam
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of rf and microwave computer‐aided engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1099-047X
pISSN - 1096-4290
DOI - 10.1002/mmce.22198
Subject(s) - physics , optics , circular polarization , monopole antenna , ultra high frequency , bandwidth (computing) , microstrip antenna , dipole antenna , linear polarization , antenna (radio) , microstrip , acoustics , telecommunications , computer science , laser
A tilted bi‐sense circularly polarized (CP) antenna and its application for UHF radio frequency identification (RFID) system is proposed. A planar concial monopole working as the electric dipole is designed at first. When a shorting pin is added, a loop radiator would be generated, and thus a pair of orthogonally oriented complementary dipoles is realized. In this way, both right‐handed circularly polarized (RHCP) and left‐handed circularly polarized waves (LHCP) are generated simultaneously in tilted directions within one hemisphere. Then, closed‐form formulas are derived to reveal the tunability mechanism of bi‐sense property and provide a design guideline for system application. It is demonstrated that flare angle of conical monopole has a linear relationship and sine function to CP beam direction and 3‐dB axial ratio (AR) beamwidth, respectively. Finally, antenna prototypes are fabricated and tested for validation. It is also demonstrated that at the tilted direction of θ = ± 45°, a 3‐dB AR bandwidth of 4.9%, and gain up to 5 dB are realized. Comparing with conventional microstrip patch antenna, an enhanced reading range over 5 m can be obtained in the tilted range from 40° to 75° and − 75° to −40° in UHF RFID sytem application.