Differential Colpitts VCO for enhancing transceiver performance in specified UHF mobile RFID environment conditions

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2662-2670

  Roh, Hyoung Hwan ^a   Park, Jun Seok ^a  

^a Kookmin University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Link budget; Multiple reader environment; Passive UHF RF identification (RFID) tag; Transceiver; UHF mobile RFID; Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO)

Indexed keywords

AUDIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; FREQUENCY HOPPING; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MOBILE PHONES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PORTS AND HARBORS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; TRANSCEIVERS;

LINK BUDGET; MULTIPLE-READER ENVIRONMENT; PASSIVE UHF RF IDENTIFICATION (RFID) TAG; UHF MOBILE RFID; VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR (VCO);

VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

EID: 55949089678     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.2006106     Document Type: Article

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