A Microwave Noncontact Identification Transponder Using Subharmonic Interrogation

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 1673-1679

  Pobanz, Carl W ^a   Itoh, Tatsuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FREQUENCIES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC GENERATION; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; MIXER CIRCUITS; SCATTERING; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

FREQUENCY CONVERSION; IDENTIFICATION TONE; INTERROGATION BEAM; MICROWAVE NONCONTACT IDENTIFICATION TRANSPONDER; MICROWAVE RADIO TRANSPONDER; QUASI OPTICAL MIXER; SUBHARMONIC INTERROGATION; VOLTERRA SERIES MODEL;

TRANSPONDERS;

EID: 0029336274     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.392939     Document Type: Article

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