LabVIEW-based UHF RFID tag test and measurement system

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2374-2381

  Nikitin, Pavel V ^a   Rao, K V Seshagiri ^a  

^a Intermec Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Radio frequency identification (RFID); Tags; Testing and measurement

Indexed keywords

LABVIEW; NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS; OUTPUT POWER; RF HARDWARE; TAGS; TEST AND MEASUREMENT; TESTING METHOD; UHF RFID;

FREQUENCY BANDS;

RADIO NAVIGATION;

EID: 67651154683     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2009.2018434     Document Type: Article

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