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A Low-Profile AMC-Backed Octagonal Chipless RFID Tag with Enhanced Read Range

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The paper proposes a low-profile chipless RFID tag with an enhanced read range. To improve the read range, an artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) is used as the backplane of the resonator. The proposed technique is presented at the operating frequency of 5.07 GHz, which could further be shifted to other frequencies in the UWB band by optimizing the geometric parameters of the design. The octagonal-shaped resonator of the tag and the AMC backplane is designed on a 0.15-mm and 1.6-mm-thick FR-4 substrate, respectively. The AMC as backplane leads to seven times enhancement of the read range. The simulated results of the tag are experimentally validated using the bistatic measurement method. The overall dimension of the proposed tag is 28 × 28 mm2 and is suitable for tracking and identification of small-sized objects. The proposed technique of read range enhancement could further be matured for multi-resonance chipless RFID tags.

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    Manbir Kaur, Mayank Agarwal & Rajesh Khanna

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Kaur, M., Agarwal, M. & Khanna, R. A Low-Profile AMC-Backed Octagonal Chipless RFID Tag with Enhanced Read Range. Arab J Sci Eng 49, 6217–6224 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-023-08129-5

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