NICT develops RFID tags that can be pasted on metal surfaces and human bodies

The National Institute of Information and Communication Research (NICT) of Japan recently developed and prototyped a cloth-made electronic label that can be pasted on metal surfaces and human bodies. The tag is implemented by using a fabric planar antenna that replaces the metal part of the micro-strip antenna with a cloth. The prototype is a 2.4 GHz band antenna and can also be applied to UHF 帯 (950 MHz).

Electronic tags generally use linear antennas. However, if the linear antenna is placed directly on a conductor such as metal or human body, the function will be lost. In addition, microstrip antennas have previously been used in electronic tags, but due to the use of a harder base plate, it is difficult to paste on curved surfaces of metal and human body surfaces. Therefore, NICT uses cloth microstrip antennas that have been developed so far.

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