An RFID tag capable of free-space and on-metal operation

RWS 2009 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 63-66

  Mohammed, Naaser A ^a   Sivakumar, Mutharasu ^a   Deavours, Daniel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dipole antenna; Microstrip antenna; Passive UHF RFID tags; RFID

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING SURFACES; COPPER SURFACE; EFFECTIVE GAIN; FREE SPACE; PASSIVE UHF RFID TAGS; PEAK GAIN; RF-ID TAGS; RFID; TAG PERFORMANCE; UHF RFID;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

RADIO NAVIGATION;

EID: 67650559574     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RWS.2009.4957285     Document Type: Conference Paper

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