Design of the compact UHF RFID meander-line antenna loaded with CPW elements

In this paper, Coplanar Waveguide (CPW) elements are used to load UHF RFID meander-line antennas. Although, the insertion of these elements allow to design small antennas their gain decrease depending on the CPW structures are connected. In this sense, a new location to print CPW elements in the meander-line antenna is proposed aiming not to deteriorate the gain. A multi-objective optimization algorithm is applied in the meander-line antennas loaded with CPW elements in different positions and a comparison between their performances is done. To validate the computational model of the proposed antenna its input impedance is measured.