Provided is a planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) which has a Co-Planar
Waveguide (CPW) feeding structure and can be attached to a metal surface,
and an RFID tag using the same. The PIFA includes a radiation patch
layer; a Co-Planar Waveguide (CPW) feeding layer; a feeding probe; and a
short-circuit. The CPW feeding layer includes a feeding means and a
ground surface. The feeding probe electrically connects the radiation
patch layer and the feeding means and provides a Radio Frequency (RF)
signal to be radiated to the radiation patch layer. The short-circuiting
means short-circuits the radiation patch layer and the ground surface
through the dielectric layer. The PIFA can be applied to a passive RFID
tag. Impedance matching between the antenna and the RFID chip is
possible. Also, the PIFA can easily control resonant frequency of the
antenna and reactance.