Inkjet-printed passive UHF RFID tags: Review and performance evaluation

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 167-182

  Koski, Karoliina ^a   Koski, Eveliina ^a   Virtanen, Juha ^a   Björninen, Toni ^a   Sydänheimo, Lauri ^a   Ukkonen, Leena ^a   Elsherbeni, Atef Z ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Inkjet printing; Material properties; Radio frequency identification (RFID); Silver ink; Tag antenna radiation patterns; Tag performance degradation on objects

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES; FREE SPACES; MATERIAL PROPERTY; OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE; PASSIVE UHF RFID; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE QUALITY; RFID TAG ANTENNAS; TAG ANTENNA; TAG PERFORMANCE; TARGET OBJECT;

ANTENNA RADIATION; DEGRADATION; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

DIPOLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 84865380100     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-011-3782-8     Document Type: Review

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