Performance of High-Permittivity Ceramic-Polymer Composite as a Substrate for UHF RFID Tag Antennas

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Babar, A A ^a   Bhagavati, V A ^a   Ukkonen, L ^a   Elsherbeni, A Z ^b   Kallio, P ^a   Sydanheimo L ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC POWDER; CERAMIC-POLYMER COMPOSITES; COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE; ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS; HEAT RESISTANT; HIGH DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; PASSIVE UHF RFID; PERMITTIVITY VALUES; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE POLYMERS; ROUGH SURFACES; TAG ANTENNA; UHF RFID;

BARIUM TITANATE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; POLYMERS; POWDERS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); SILICONES; SUBSTRATES;

PERMITTIVITY;

EID: 84863669042     PISSN: 16875869     EISSN: 16875877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/905409     Document Type: Article

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