Performance Assessment of a Novel Miniaturized RFID Tag for Inventorying and Tracking Metallic Tools

This contribution proposes a novel radio frequency identification tag antenna operating in the EU UHF band (865-868 MHz). Miniaturization techniques have been used to achieve a reduced volume (20 × 2.56 × 3 mm
³
) in order to make it suitable for labeling metallic tools. Simulations are used to assess the tag performance when operating on tools of different sizes. These simulations are validated through measurements in a reference scenario (anechoic chamber). Finally, a real scenario (tool hanging board) is considered in order to evaluate tag performance when interacting with other tags and tools.