Passive wireless smart-skin sensor using RFID-based folded patch antennas

International Journal of Smart and Nano Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-38

  Yi, Xiaohua ^a   Wu, Terence ^b   Wang, Yang ^a   Leon, Roberto T ^a   Tentzeris, Manos M ^b   Lantza, Gabriel ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Folded patch antenna; Passive wireless sensor; RFID; Smart skin; Strain sensor

Indexed keywords

MOBILE ANTENNAS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); SLOT ANTENNAS; TENSILE TESTING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC POWER; FOLDED-PATCH ANTENNA; INTERROGATION SIGNAL; PASSIVE WIRELESS SENSORS; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SMART SKIN; STRAIN SENSORS; WIRELESS INTERROGATIONS;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 79955453501     PISSN: 19475411     EISSN: 1947542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475411.2010.545450     Document Type: Article

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