The effect of increased interrogation zone, reader antenna polarization and application factors in the performance of UHF RFID tag detection on modified atmosphere packaged meat

Packaging Technology and Science

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 339-350

  Mc Carthy, Ultan ^a   Ayalew, Gashaw ^a   Butler, Francis ^a   McDonnell, Kevin ^a   Ward, Shane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

coupling; interrogation zone; polarization; traceability; UHF RFID

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; COUPLING CAPABILITY; FRONT FACE; GENERAL LINEAR MODEL ANALYSIS; INDIVIDUAL FACTORS; INTERROGATION ZONE; LARGE ANTENNAS; MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE; READER ANTENNA; TAG DETECTION; TEST SAMPLES; TRACEABILITY; UHF RFID; ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY; ZONE OF INFLUENCES;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); OPTIMIZATION; POLARIZATION; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RADIO NAVIGATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 78349298757     PISSN: 08943214     EISSN: 10991522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pts.903     Document Type: Article

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