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Performance analysis of pure paraffin wax as RFID tag substrate
Author(s) -
Manzari S.,
Babar A. A.,
Ukkonen L.,
Elsherbeni Atef Z.,
Marrocco G.,
Sydänheimo L.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.26592
Subject(s) - paraffin wax , substrate (aquarium) , materials science , wax , ultra high frequency , microwave , dielectric , optoelectronics , dipole , composite material , electrical engineering , computer science , telecommunications , engineering , chemistry , oceanography , geology , organic chemistry
The article presents an investigation of the performance of the Paraplast, a kind of pure paraffin wax, used as a substrate of RFID tag antennas operating at UHF RFID band. To achieve this purpose, two similar RFID tag antennas with same dimensions have been simulated, fabricated and tested. These include a simple dipole tag on a Rogers RT/Duroid 5880 substrate and on pure paraffin substrate. Because of the relatively close dielectric constant values, paraffin substrate is compared with Duroid RT5880. Paraffin wax can be considered as a low cost and low loss substrate. The main purpose in the future will be using paraffin as a passive temperature sensor, by exploiting the changes in molecular structure, volume and dielectric properties with temperature, especially near its melting point. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 54:442–446, 2012; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.26592
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