Electromagnetic analyses of near field UHF RFID systems

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1759-1770

  Fuschini, Franco ^a   Piersanti, Carmine ^a   Sydanheimo, Lauri ^b   Ukkonen, Leena ^b   Falciasecca, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Environmental effects; Item level; Near field; Path gain; RFID

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; ITEM-LEVEL; NEAR FIELDS; RADIATING ELEMENTS; THEORETICAL EVALUATION; UHF RFID;

EID: 77952000073     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2044328     Document Type: Article

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