Mirror-integrated transparent antenna for RFID application

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages 776-779

  Serra, Cristina C ^a   Medeiros, Carla R ^a   Costa, Jorge R ^a,b   Fernandes, Carlos A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Printed antenna; radio frequency identification (RFID); reader antenna; tag; transparent antenna

Indexed keywords

PRINTED ANTENNA; RADIO FREQUENCIES; READER ANTENNA; TAG; TRANSPARENT ANTENNA;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; CRYPTOGRAPHY; MIRRORS; RADIO NAVIGATION; RADIO SYSTEMS; RADIO WAVES; USER INTERFACES; WEARABLE ANTENNAS;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

EID: 80051886986     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2011.2163053     Document Type: Article

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