STUDY OF THE INFLUENCE OF RFID TAG BENDING ON BASIC CHARACTERISTICS
The article discusses a passive RFID tag that sits on a flexible substrate, which leads to a problem with changing characteristics when the tag is bent. In the course of the study, we carried out modeling for three situations: a flat tag, curved inward and outward. Thanks to modern methods of electrodynamic modeling, it is possible to determine all the main characteristics of an RFID tag - in the active mode: return loss, radiation pattern; in passive mode: diagram of backscatter, currents and voltages in the load. During the simulation, we plotted graphs of the dependence of the amplitudes of currents and voltages in the load on frequency, peak values of the effective scattering area. Thanks to the data obtained, it is possible to determine the most optimal frequencies for irradiation of an RFID tag in order to ensure its operation in an active mode (high currents and voltages in the load), as well as in the detection mode - large ESR values. The article provides graphs and tables for comparing the cases under study, which show changes in characteristics when the tag is bent, which makes it impossible to use the system in wide frequency ranges, since its possible bends should be taken into account