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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2016
Ramiro Augusto Ramirez, Tampa, FL (US);
Thomas Mccrea Weller, Lutz, FL (US);
Eduardo Antonio Rojas, Temple Terrace, FL (US);
Ramiro Augusto Ramirez, Tampa, FL (US);
Thomas McCrea Weller, Lutz, FL (US);
Eduardo Antonio Rojas, Temple Terrace, FL (US);
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag including a substrate having a top surface, bottom surface, opposed end surfaces, and opposed lateral surfaces, a passive RFID integrated circuit (IC) chip mounted to the top surface of the substrate, a monopole antenna that includes a planar radiating arm that extends out from the RFID IC chip along the top surface of the substrate and a matching loop having two grounded matching stubs that surround the chip and a portion of the radiating arm, and a ground plane formed on the bottom surface, an end surface, and the top surface of the substrate, the ground plane being electrically coupled to the matching stubs and the radiating arm.