Evolutionary RFID tag antenna design for paper industry applications

Abstract

Application of passive Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems in the paper industry requires novel tag antenna designs for identification of paper and cardboard reels. In this paper, we present and analyse an evolutionary tag antenna design for passive UHF RFID of paper and cardboard reels. This C-tag antenna can be identified omnidirectionally around an industrial paper reel and its performance has also been verified with cardboard reels.