A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag antenna system includes a planar
two
arm logarithmic spiral antenna with a suitably small form factor. There are two
arms are of conductive foils or etched copper plating on a substrate the extend
outwardly from a center in a logarithmic fashion. The two arms are identical to
each other but rotated in the plane by 180 degrees. The arms also grow proportionally
in width as they extend outward, but at any given distance from the center the
width of both arms are equal to each other and, preferably, equal to the spaces
between the arms. An impedance matching network receives the RF signal received
by the dual spiral antenna and feed the RF signal to an electronic circuit that
rectifies and multiplies the signal to form a DC signal that charges a capacitor.
The electronics may be built onto the same substrate as the planar antenna, but
preferably, the electronic circuit is built onto a second substrate is mounted,
making appropriate electrical connections, to the antenna bearing substrate.