Electronic beam-steering IC for multimode and multiband RFID

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1310-1319

  Chia, Michael Yan Wah ^a   Chee, Piew Yoong ^a   Loke, Wing Fai ^b   Yin, Jee Khoi ^a   Ang, Chiew Kok ^a   Leong, Siew Weng ^a   Chee, Kim Loon ^a   Peh, Agnes Ah Lan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam steering; Phased array; RF identification (RFID)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE RF TAGS; BEAM-STEERING; CMOS CHIPS; ELECTRONIC BEAMS; ELECTRONIC PRODUCT CODES; GHZ BAND; IEEE 802.11B/G; LOW POWER; MEASURED RESULTS; MULTIBAND; MULTIMODES; PHASED ARRAYS; RF IDENTIFICATIONS; RF SYNTHESIZER; RFID READERS; RFID SYSTEMS; STATIC RADIATION; TRANSCEIVER DESIGN;

STANDARDS;

EID: 77958094831     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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