Detection of Magnetite Rust Using Circular Microstrip Patch Antenna-based Chipless RFID Sensor

In this paper, detection of the magnetite rust is presented by using a chipless RFID sensor based on a circular microstrip patch antenna (CMPA). The sensor is designed at the resonant frequency of 4.89 GHz by using a single-layer PCB with its dielectric constant of 4.3. Simulations were conducted to verify that the designed sensor can detect the magnetite rust through shifted resonant frequency. In simulations, the sensor was mounted on the iron with its magnetite rust. The width and depth of iron rust were varied in order to investigate the effect of iron rust on the resonant frequency. Simulation results have been shown that the proposed chipless RFID sensor and RCS’ can be utilized to detect the effect of the iron rust.