Low-profile RFID tag antenna using compact AMC substrate for metallic objects

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages 718-720

  Kim, Dongho ^a   Yeo, Junho ^b  

^a Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^b Daegu University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Artificial magnetic conductor (AMC); Radio frequency identification (RFID); Tag antenna

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PERFORMANCE; ARTIFICIAL MAGNETIC CONDUCTORS; CONDUCTIVE PLATES; GROUND PLANE SIZE; LOW PROFILE; METALLIC OBJECTS; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAGS; RECTANGULAR PATCH; RETURN LOSS; RFID TAG ANTENNAS; TAG ANTENNA; UNIT CELLS; WATER CONTAINERS;

ANTENNA GROUNDS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RADIO NAVIGATION; RADIO WAVES;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 77950640483     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2008.2000813     Document Type: Article

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