Design and Performance Analysis of a Chemically-Etched Flexible NFC Tag Antenna

Authors

Muhammad Enayetur Rahman, University of Rhode IslandFollow
Marwan Abdelatti, University of Rhode Island
Manbir Singh Sodhi, University of Rhode Island
Kunal Mankodiya, University of Rhode Island

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2022

DOI

10.48550/arxiv.2210.12327

Publication Title

arXiv

Pages

4 pp.

Abstract

Near Field Communication (NFC) is a perfect example of ubiquitous computing that is secured, short-ranged, low-powered contactless communication. High demand is predicted for NFC, especially with wearables, and the variety of applications may require that this technology be fabricated onto different materials. In this research, we first designed flexible NFC antennas based on mathematical models. A simulation of the NFC coil inductance was performed and verified using the predictive models. Later, two flexible NFC antennas, including 160x80 mm2 (rectangular) and 80x80 mm2 (square) were fabricated through a chemical etching process and verified at 13.56 MHz frequency. Two experiments 1) Read range detection and 2) User experience study on 22 participants validate longer read range and shorter connection time of our fabricated flexible NFC tags.

Comments

This is a preprint. It has not been peer reviewed.

Rights

© 2022 The Authors.

Published under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) License.

Original Publication Citation

Rahman, M. E., Abdelatti, M., Sodhi, M. S., & Mankodiya, K. (2022). Design and performance analysis of a chemically-etched flexible NFC tag antenna. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2210.12327

Repository Citation

Rahman, Muhammad Enayetur; Abdelatti, Marwan; Sodhi, Manbir Singh; and Mankodiya, Kunal, "Design and Performance Analysis of a Chemically-Etched Flexible NFC Tag Antenna" (2022). Electrical & Computer Engineering Faculty Publications. 513.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/ece_fac_pubs/513

ORCID

0009-0004-0421-5540 (Rahman)