Abstract
This chapter discusses a comparison of the performances of two different passive tag antenna designs attached to cigarette cartons. The aluminium foil in the cigarette packs makes the identification of cigarette cartons difficult using passive radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. Therefore, a novel microstrip patch-type tag antenna for passive RFID of cigarette cartons was designed. The performance of the novel tag antenna is compared to the performance of a label-fabricated folded dipole-type tag antenna. The maximum read ranges of a single tagged carton and two tagged cartons are measured and compared. The chapter studies the effect of the aluminium foil in the cigarette packs by carrying out the measurements also using cigarette packs without the foils and an empty carton. The novel tag antenna performed superior to the folded dipole tag antenna on full cartons of cigarettes.
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