RFID sensors based on ubiquitous passive 13.56-MHz RFID tags and complex impedance detection

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1318-1330

  Potyrailol, Radislav A ^a   Morris, William G ^a   Sivavec, Timothy ^a   Tomlinson, Harold W ^a   Klensmeden, Staffan ^b   Lindh, Kenneth ^b  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BIACORE AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chemical sensing; Complex impedance; Multivariate statistical analysis; Physical sensing; Radio frequency identification (RFID) tag; RFID sensor

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSING; COMPLEX IMPEDANCE; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL SENSING; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) TAG; RFID SENSOR;

ANTENNAS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ELECTRON EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RADIO NAVIGATION; RADIO WAVES;

SENSORS;

EID: 70349567650     PISSN: 15308669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcm.711     Document Type: Article

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