Operability of folded microstrip patch-type tag antenna in the UHF RFID bands within 865-928 MHz

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 414-417

  Ukkonen, Leena ^a   Schaffrath, Marijke ^a   Engels, Daniel W ^b   Sydänheimo, Lauri ^a   Kivikoski, Markku ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductive materials; Radio frequency identification (RFID); Tag antenna design

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA DESIGN; APPLICATION SPECIFIC; METALLIC FOILS; MICROSTRIP PATCH; PASSIVE RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; RANGE MEASUREMENTS; SOUTH AMERICA; TAG ANTENNA; UHF RFID; ULTRA-HIGH-FREQUENCY;

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RADIO SYSTEMS; RADIO WAVES;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 38049050055     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2006.883085     Document Type: Article

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