Evolutionary RFID tag antenna design for paper industry applications

International Journal of Radio Frequency Identification Technology and Applications

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 107-122

  Ukkonen, Leena ^a   Schaffrath, Marijke ^a   Kataja, Jukka ^a   Sydänheimo, Lauri ^a   Kivikoski, Markku ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

paper industry; paper reel; Radio Frequency Identification (RFID); tag antenna development

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149099228     PISSN: 17453216     EISSN: 17453224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRFITA.2006.010709     Document Type: Article

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