Experimental Study on Strain Reliability of Embroidered Passive UHF RFID Textile Tag Antennas and Interconnections
We present embroidered antennas and interconnections in passive UHF RFID textile tags and test their strain reliability. Firstly, we fabricate tag antennas on two different stretchable fabric substrates by five different embroidery patterns and choose the most stretchable ones for testing. Next, the...
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| description | We present embroidered antennas and interconnections in passive UHF RFID textile tags and test their strain reliability. Firstly, we fabricate tag antennas on two different stretchable fabric substrates by five different embroidery patterns and choose the most stretchable ones for testing. Next, the tag ICs are attached by sewing and gluing, and the tag reliability during repeated stretching cycles is evaluated through wireless measurements. Initially, the chosen tags achieve read ranges of 6–8 meters and can strain up to 140–150% of their original length. After 100 stretching cycles to 80% of their maximum strain, the read ranges of the tags with glued interconnections are similar to the initial values. In addition, also the read ranges of the tags with sewed interconnections are still more than 70%–85% of their initial values. However, some challenges with the reproducibility need to be solved next. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cbdcb1f8a2234cd8abeb1bd31615762f2025-08-20T03:23:35ZengWileyJournal of Engineering2314-49042314-49122017-01-01201710.1155/2017/84934058493405Experimental Study on Strain Reliability of Embroidered Passive UHF RFID Textile Tag Antennas and InterconnectionsXiaochen Chen0Aruhan Liu1Zhigang Wei2Leena Ukkonen3Johanna Virkki4Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 692, 33101 Tampere, FinlandDepartment of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong KongDepartment of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong KongDepartment of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 692, 33101 Tampere, FinlandDepartment of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 692, 33101 Tampere, FinlandWe present embroidered antennas and interconnections in passive UHF RFID textile tags and test their strain reliability. Firstly, we fabricate tag antennas on two different stretchable fabric substrates by five different embroidery patterns and choose the most stretchable ones for testing. Next, the tag ICs are attached by sewing and gluing, and the tag reliability during repeated stretching cycles is evaluated through wireless measurements. Initially, the chosen tags achieve read ranges of 6–8 meters and can strain up to 140–150% of their original length. After 100 stretching cycles to 80% of their maximum strain, the read ranges of the tags with glued interconnections are similar to the initial values. In addition, also the read ranges of the tags with sewed interconnections are still more than 70%–85% of their initial values. However, some challenges with the reproducibility need to be solved next.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8493405 |
| spellingShingle | Xiaochen Chen Aruhan Liu Zhigang Wei Leena Ukkonen Johanna Virkki Experimental Study on Strain Reliability of Embroidered Passive UHF RFID Textile Tag Antennas and Interconnections Journal of Engineering |
| title | Experimental Study on Strain Reliability of Embroidered Passive UHF RFID Textile Tag Antennas and Interconnections |
| title_full | Experimental Study on Strain Reliability of Embroidered Passive UHF RFID Textile Tag Antennas and Interconnections |
| title_fullStr | Experimental Study on Strain Reliability of Embroidered Passive UHF RFID Textile Tag Antennas and Interconnections |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experimental Study on Strain Reliability of Embroidered Passive UHF RFID Textile Tag Antennas and Interconnections |
| title_short | Experimental Study on Strain Reliability of Embroidered Passive UHF RFID Textile Tag Antennas and Interconnections |
| title_sort | experimental study on strain reliability of embroidered passive uhf rfid textile tag antennas and interconnections |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8493405 |
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