The paper presents an optically transparent ultra-high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) tag antenna design operating at 850 – 1000 MHz frequency band to cover global market. The antenna is designed on a thin PET substrate using two versions of an optically transparent conductor, Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) with the conductivities of 4.8×105 S/m and 2×105 S/m. The antenna is simulated in CST Microwave Studio and the optically transparent antenna is compared with its perfect electric conductor (PEC) counterpart.
Funding
Royal Academy of Engineering
Transparent Transmitters and Programmable Metasurfaces for Transport and Beyond-5G (TRANSMETA)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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