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Sensors 2011, 11, 938-948; doi:10.3390/s110100938 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article RFID Label Tag Design for Metallic Surface Environments Chong Ryol Park and Ki Hwan Eom * Department of Electronic Engineering, Dongguk University, 3-26, Pil-dong, Joong-gu, Seoul, Korea; E-Mail: parkcr@ * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: kihwanum@; Tel.: +82-2-2260-3332; Fax: +82-2-2279-1798. Received: 3 November 2010; in revised form: 9 December 2010 / Accepted: 6 January 2011 / Published: 17 January 2011 Abstract: This paper describes a metal mount RFID tag that works reliably on metallic surfaces. The method proposes the use of commercial label type RFID tags with 2.5 mm thick Styrofoam103.7 with a relative permittivity of 1.03 attached on the back of the tag. In order to verify the performance of the proposed method, we performed experiments on an electric transformer supply chain system. The experimental results showed that the proposed tags can communicate with readers from a distance of 2 m. The recognition rates are comparable to those of commercial metallic mountable tags. Keywords: RFID tag; metallic surface; supply chain; electric transformers 1. Introduction Nowadays, the supply chain system is based on the use of bar codes for identification. However, for some time now there has been increased interest in the benefits of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems. The efforts to reduce the cost, to expand the areas of application, to increase security, and to standardize have led to an increased market share for this technology [1]. RFID is a technology used for object identification, which finds various applications in retail, transportation, manufacturing and supply chains. RFID comprises readers, and transponders, also known as tags. Most RFID tags contain at least two parts. The first part is an integrated circuit for storing and process