This book describes innovative design solutions for radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags and antennas. Focusing mainly on passive ultra-high-frequency (UHF)-RFID tag antennas, it examines novel approaches based on the use of metamaterial-inspired resonators and other resonant structures as radiating elements. It also offers an exhaustive analysis of the radiation properties of several metamaterial-inspired resonators such as the split ring resonator (SRR) and related structures. Further, it discusses in detail an innovative technology for the RFID tagging of optical discs, which has demonstrated a significant improvement over the state of the art and resulted in a patent.
By covering the entire research cycle of theory, design/simulation and fabrication/evaluation of RFID tags and antennas, while also reporting on cutting-edge technologies, the book provides graduate students, researchers and practitioners alike with a comprehensive and timely overview of RFID systems, and a closer look at several radiating structures.
Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Reports on innovative design solutions for passive ultra-high-frequency radio-frequency identification (UHF-RFID) tags
Describes an innovative approach to the RFID tagging of optical discs
Simone Zuffanelli
Split-ring Resonator Antenna On-metal UHF-RFID Tags Optical Discs RFID Tagging Passive UHF-RFID Tag Design Radiofrequency Identification RFID Tag Simulation EC-SRR Antenna Theory Miniaturized RFID Tags Metamaterial-based UHF-RFID Antenna