Comparison of Wearable E-Textile Split Ring Resonator and Slotted Patch RFID Reader Antennas Embedded in Work Gloves

Shahbaz Ahmed; Shoaib Tahir Qureshi; Lauri Sydänheimo; Leena Ukkonen; Toni Björninen

doi:10.1109/JRFID.2019.2926194

Comparison of Wearable E-Textile Split Ring Resonator and Slotted Patch RFID Reader Antennas Embedded in Work Gloves

Shahbaz Ahmed, Shoaib Tahir Qureshi, Lauri Sydänheimo, Leena Ukkonen, Toni Björninen

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Abstract

We present a glove-integrated slotted patch and split ring resonator (SRR) antennas for a wearable UHF RFID reader operating at 866 MHz. The prototype antennas are made of adhesive electro-textile on low-permittivity foam material. To characterize the antennas, we tested them wirelessly in communication with a common dipole type RFID tag to estimate its reflection coefficient, realized gain, maximum power transmission according to specific absorption rate (SAR) limitations, and maximum read range. We also analyze the effects of variable separation between the human hand and the antenna to confirm stable operation required by the application. The results showed that both—slotted patch and SRR—antennas are feasible for the work glove applications providing the read range up to 300 cm and 180 cm respectively.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	259-264
Journal	IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification
Volume	3
Issue number	4
Early online date	1 Jul 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JRFID.2019.2926194
Publication status	Published - Dec 2019
Publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

Split ring resonator (SRR) antenna
UHF RFID
wearable antenna
work glove application
slotted patch antenna
wearable technology
RFID reader antenna.

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Comparison of Wearable E-Textile Split Ring Resonator and Slotted Patch RFID Reader Antennas Embedded in Work Gloves

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