{"title":"Optimization of a Passive Magnetic Relay Coil for Underground RFID Detection Systems","authors":"Jihan Liang;Jixuan Zhu;Bo Tao;Zhouping Yin","doi":"10.1109/JRFID.2025.3635554","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Passive magnetic relay technology offers an effective solution for enhancing the detection range of an underground low-frequency (LF) Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system. However, the parameter optimization of relay coils based on theoretical models remains an unresolved challenge. Firstly, this work establishes an equivalent circuit model for a three-coil RFID system and derives the transmission efficiency based on the reflected impedance theory. Compared to traditional two-coil RFID systems, the passive underground RFID detection system based on magnetic relay can improve the transmission efficiency, thereby increasing its detection range. Then, a genetic algorithm is designed to optimize the radius and deployment position of the relay coil with the goal of maximizing transmission efficiency, and the rationality of the optimal relay coil design is verified through simulations. Finally, a test platform for the three-coil RFID system is constructed, and the experimental results show that the maximum detection range of the three-coil RFID system is increased by 15.23% due to the passive relay coil, while also validating the feasibility of the proposed relay coil optimization design method.","PeriodicalId":73291,"journal":{"name":"IEEE journal of radio frequency identification","volume":"9 ","pages":"910-918"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE journal of radio frequency identification","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11263797/","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Passive magnetic relay technology offers an effective solution for enhancing the detection range of an underground low-frequency (LF) Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system. However, the parameter optimization of relay coils based on theoretical models remains an unresolved challenge. Firstly, this work establishes an equivalent circuit model for a three-coil RFID system and derives the transmission efficiency based on the reflected impedance theory. Compared to traditional two-coil RFID systems, the passive underground RFID detection system based on magnetic relay can improve the transmission efficiency, thereby increasing its detection range. Then, a genetic algorithm is designed to optimize the radius and deployment position of the relay coil with the goal of maximizing transmission efficiency, and the rationality of the optimal relay coil design is verified through simulations. Finally, a test platform for the three-coil RFID system is constructed, and the experimental results show that the maximum detection range of the three-coil RFID system is increased by 15.23% due to the passive relay coil, while also validating the feasibility of the proposed relay coil optimization design method.