Design and implementation of a long-range rfid reader for passive transponders

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1283-1290

  Mayordomo, Iker ^a,b   Berenguer, Roc ^a   Garcia Alonso, Andrés ^a   Fernandez, Iñaki ^a   Gutierrez, Íñigo ^a  

^a CEIT   (Spain)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS IIS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Backscattering; Reader; RF identification (RFID); Ultra high frequency (UHF)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BACKSCATTERING;

DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; EFFECTIVE RADIATED POWER; MEASUREMENT SETUP; PASSIVE TRANSPONDER; READER; RF IDENTIFICATIONS; ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY (UHF);

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

EID: 67649255059     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2009.2017291     Document Type: Article

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