Gains for RF tags using multiple antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 563-570

  Griffin, Joshua D ^a   Durgin, Gregory D ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyadic backscatter channel; Modulated backscatter; Pinhole channel; Pinhole diversity; Probability; Radio frequency identification (RFID); Radio link budget; RF tag

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BACKSCATTERING; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DIVERSITY RECEPTION; PROBABILITY; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

DYADIC BACKSCATTER CHANNEL; PINHOLE CHANNEL; PINHOLE DIVERSITY;

RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 40549091679     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.915423     Document Type: Article

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