Textile Science and Engineering (한국섬유공학회지)

The Korean Fiber Society (한국섬유공학회)
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Study of A-type Embroidered Tag Antennas Using Electroconductive Thread and Review on RFID Tag Antennas

도전사를 이용한 A자 자수형 RFID 태그 안테나 설계에 관한 연구와 RFID 태그에 관한 리뷰

  • Nam, Sea-Hyeon (Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Daegu University) ;
  • Chung, You-Chung (Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Daegu University) ;
  • Choi, Jae-Han (Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Daegu University) ;
  • Park, Yong-Kwon (Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Daegu University)
  • 남세현 (대구대학교 정보통신공학부) ;
  • 정유정 (대구대학교 정보통신공학부) ;
  • 최재한 (대구대학교 정보통신공학부) ;
  • 박용권 (대구대학교 정보통신공학부)
  • Received : 2010.01.02
  • Accepted : 2010.02.10
  • Published : 2010.02.28
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Abstract

The general RFID theory and principal of operations are reviewed, and the conductivities of the various electro-threads are analyzed. Based on the analyzed data, an embroidery tag antenna using the electro-thread is designed with the popular English character shape A. The embroidery RFID tag is easy to be embedded on a cloth as a wearable antenna. The embroidery tag is easy to be applied to general clothes. The characteristics and the reading range patterns of the tag antenna are measured. The reading distance of the A shape embroidery tag antenna is 1.2 meter at the maximum range.

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Acknowledgement

Supported by : 대구대학교

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