Abstract
Many household pets today have a radio frequency identification chip implanted by their owners. These devices operate as a passive device in the low frequency range, because they are passive the power received back is very small and utilize inductive coupling to power them. The distance at which these devices can be read effectively is very small because they are operating in low frequency range and require inductive coupling. Increasing the range these radio frequency identification devices can be effectively read will open up many types of automated applications to work with existing technology implanted in household pets. This project will explore the parameters of a loop antenna in the operation of activating and reading a low frequency radio frequency identification device with the intent of maximizing the effective range trying to reach a range of nine inches or more. Most of the back ground and history of radio frequency identification technology was researched from online journals and articles. As more detailed information was obtained, iEEE articles and industry techniques were researched. Antenna theory and operation were pulled from industry leading text books imploring antenna concepts and electromagnetic signal transmissions. The resulting antenna created through this project did exceed the effective read range and area of the existing premade antenna. However the effective read distance did not exceed the previous set goal of nine inches. Other techniques and antenna designs are described but not detailed within this project.