Optimising efficiency and gain of small meander line RFID antennas using ant colony system

Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) technology is increasingly being used to uniquely identify objects. An important component of RFID systems is the design of the antenna - which usually takes the form of a compacted meander line. This task becomes an optimisation problem as different designs will have different efficiencies and resonant frequencies. In this paper, we explore the use of a multi-objective version of ant colony system. This constructive meta-heuristic, as shown, is highly suitable for this problem.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: CEC
• Authors: Andrew Lewis, Gerhard Weiß, Marcus Randall, Amir Galehdar, David Thiel
• Keywords: Ant Colony System, Artificial Intelligence, CEC 2009, Compacted Meander Line, Radio Frequency Identification