Printed electromagnetic coupler with an embedded moisture sensor for ordinary passive RFID tags

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1767-1769

  Gao, Jinlan ^a   Siden, Johan ^b   Nilsson, Hans Erik ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Sensible Solutions Sweden AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antennas; Electromagnetic coupling; Humidity sensors; Printed electronics; RFID

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLER; EMBEDDED SENSORS; INPUT IMPEDANCE; LOW-RESISTANCE STATE; MEMORY DEVICE; MOISTURE SENSORS; OHMIC LOSS; PASSIVE RFID; PRINTED ELECTRONICS; PRINTED SENSORS; RF-ID TAGS; SENSOR TAG; TAG ANTENNA; UHF RFID; WRITE-ONCE-READ-MANY;

ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLING; ELECTROMAGNETISM; HUMIDITY SENSORS; OHMIC CONTACTS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RADIO NAVIGATION; SENSORS;

MOISTURE CONTROL;

EID: 81855183763     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2011.2170616     Document Type: Article

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