Process 1600 begins at act 1602, where a transmit antenna on an interrogator device, transmits, to a target device, a first RF signal circularly polarized in a first rotational direction. In some embodiments, the first RF signal may be an RHCP RF signal (having clockwise circular polarization). In other embodiments, however, the first RF signal may be a LHCP RF signal (having counter-clockwise circular polarization).
The interrogator's transmit antenna may be any suitable type of antenna configured to transmit circularly polarized signals. The transmit antenna may be directional or isotropic. In some embodiments, the transmit antenna may be a circularly polarized antenna fabricated on a substrate. For example, the circularly polarized antenna may be a patch antenna, a planar spiral antenna, an antenna comprising a first linearly polarized antenna and a second linearly polarized antenna disposed orthogonally to the first linearly polarized antenna.