TY - JOUR AU1 - Zuazola, I. J. García AU2 - Sharma, A. AU3 - Batchelor, J. C. AU4 - Angulo, I. AU5 - Perallos, A. AU6 - Elmirghani, J. M. H. AB - A directly printed antenna onto a can body using copper conductive paint and suited for Radio Frequency Identification Wireless LAN (RFID‐WLAN) tag applications is presented. The antenna unit is low‐cost and compact, provide reasonable gain, and serve prospect RFID transponders with a range of IC impedances. The antenna is fabricated with dimensions of 0.18λ × 0.20λ × 3.61e‐4λ and is relaxed from manufacturing. A design study has been carried out to assess the tuning of the characteristic impedance of the antenna. Return loss, load impedance, and radiation patterns are shown. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 55:773–775, 2013; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI: 10.1002/mop.27458 TI - Sprayed antenna on cans for WLAN‐RFID tags JF - Microwave and Optical Technology Letters DO - 10.1002/mop.27458 DA - 2013-04-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/sprayed-antenna-on-cans-for-wlan-rfid-tags-tqBxud4O6h SP - 773 EP - 775 VL - 55 IS - 4 DP - DeepDyve ER -