A miniaturized ultra-high frequency microstrip traveling wave antenna Array for cm-level two-dimensional identification and position detection systems

Abstract

In this article, a miniaturized ultra-high frequency (UHF) microstrip traveling wave antenna (TWA) array for cm-level 2D identification (ID) and position detection systems is proposed. The proposed miniaturized TWA array with nine reading zones for ID and position detection systems has been reduced in size by utilizing LC-baluns and a microstrip TWA array. It covers the authorized universal UHF radio frequency ID band (840-960 MHz), has low insertion loss (0.8 dB), and high isolations between TWAs are ≤30 dB. The sensing precision of the proposed TWA array is approximately 1.5 cm and its physical size is 95 × 95 mm2 (~1/4 λ0 at 915 MHz). ? 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.