Optimum wireless power transmission through reinforced concrete structure

2011 IEEE International Conference on RFID, RFID 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 50-56

  Jiang, Shan ^a   Georgakopoulos, Stavros V ^a  

^a Florida International University   (United States)

Author keywords

antenna design; concrete; power transmission; rebar; Wireless sensors

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA DESIGN; CONCRETE STRUCTURES; EMBEDDED SENSORS; FREE SPACE; OPERATING FREQUENCY; PATCH ANTENNA; REBAR; RECTIFICATION CIRCUITS; REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES; RETURN LOSS; SATURATED CONCRETE; SMALL SIZE; TRANSMISSION LOSS; WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION; WIRELESS SENSORS;

CHARGING (BATTERIES); CONCRETE BLOCKS; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE SLABS; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; POWER TRANSMISSION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SENSORS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 79957443948     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RFID.2011.5764636     Document Type: Conference Paper

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