Multifrequency Continuous-wave radar approach to ranging in passive UHF RFID

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1398-1405

  Arnitz, Daniel ^a   Witrisal, Klaus ^a   Muehlmann, Ulrich ^b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b NXP SEMICONDUCTORS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Continuous wave (CW) radar; Detuning; Multipath channel; Narrowband; Ranging; System modeling; Ultra high frequency (UHF) RF identification (RFID)

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS-WAVE (CW) RADAR; DETUNING; MULTIPATH CHANNEL; NARROWBAND; RANGING; SYSTEM MODELING; ULTRA-HIGH-FREQUENCY (UHF) RF IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); ERRORS; MULTIPATH PROPAGATION; RADAR THEORY; RANGE FINDING; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

RADAR REFLECTION;

EID: 67649280627     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2009.2017320     Document Type: Article

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