Abstract:A small size and low profile antenna has been developed in order to provide any mobile phone with UHF RFID reader functionality. For that purpose, a patch antenna topology has been chosen on account of the mobile phone battery, which exhibits an electromagnetic behavior similar to a metal plane. The low profile patch antenna has been designed to operate at the European UHF RFID band. In order to communicate the mobile phone with the RFID reader module, NFC technology has been considered. Thus, an NFC antenna, based on square coils, operating at 13.56 MHz has been also designed. Such antenna has been etched on the opposite side of the patch antenna. Overall dimensions of the prototype are 60 mm 100 mm, i.e., small enough to fit the dimensions of a mobile phone. As proof of concepts to evaluate the performance of the designed antennas, an UHF RFID reader module and a NFC reader module are tested. The measured read range reaches up to 1 m for some commercial tags.