In this paper, an inverted F antenna works in the 5.8GHz frequency band is proposed. On the platform of Ansoft HFSS14 , the antenna’s return loss reaches -51.97dB at the center frequency 5.8GHz and the relative bandwidth is about 22.4% when the return loss is less than -10dB. Also ,the size of the antenna is only 18mm*15mm. Compared with the existing antenna works in the same frequency band , the inverted F antenna proposed has a lower return loss and smaller physical size. The new designed antenna can be applied to the RFID system of road tolls and container management, which have certain values for application.