Chipless RFID: Bar code of the future

IEEE Microwave Magazine

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 87-97

  Preradovic, Stevan ^a   Karmakar, Nemai Chandra ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA TRANSMISSION; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RADIO FREQUENCY WAVES; RF WAVES; RF-ID TAGS; WIRELESS DATA;

BAR CODES; RADIO NAVIGATION;

POSITIVE IONS;

EID: 78649417294     PISSN: 15273342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MMM.2010.938571     Document Type: Article

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