A Ferrite-Filled Cavity Resonator for Electronic Article Surveillance on Metallic Packaging
| Autor: | Alastair P. Hibbins, R. J. Hicken, Ian R. Hooper, Paul Steven Keatley, Ben Tremain, E. R. Glover |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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010302 applied physics
Frequency response Materials science business.industry Capacitive sensing 01 natural sciences Ferrite core Magnetic flux Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials law.invention Resonator law 0103 physical sciences Eddy current Ferrite (magnet) Optoelectronics Electrical and Electronic Engineering business FOIL method |
| Zdroj: | IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 55:1-10 |
| ISSN: | 1941-0069 0018-9464 |
| DOI: | 10.1109/tmag.2019.2944589 |
| Popis: | Conventional electronic article surveillance (EAS) tags are ineffective on metallic packaging. The component of the RF magnetic field perpendicular to the surface of the packaging induces eddy currents that suppress the magnetic flux, linking the inductive element of the tag. In this article, an inductive quarter-wavelength planar cavity, formed by wrapping aluminum foil around a ferrite core, was extended by wrapping additional capacitive layers of foil/dielectric around the ferrite-filled central region. This so-called wrapped tag exhibits the frequency, $Q$ -factor, and read distance characteristics of existing EAS tags, but is instead driven by the RF magnetic fields parallel to the surface of the metallic packaging. In this article, we compare the observed frequency response of the wrapped tag with a simple LC resonator model that considers the tag’s geometrical features, and use the model to describe how the design and construction of the tag can be optimized. Finite-element method (FEM) modeling is used to reveal how the current flows in the wrapped foil of the tag. Prototype tags show good reproducibility, demonstrating the potential of the design as a solution to the problem of tagging metallic packaging in the EAS industry. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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