Towards washable wearable antennas: A comparison of coating materials for screen-printed textile-based UHF RFID tags

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kellomäki, Tiiti ^a   Virkki, Johanna ^a   Merilampi, Sari ^b   Ukkonen, Leena ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b SATAKUNTA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATING MATERIAL; FABRIC SURFACES; NARROW CONDUCTORS; RF-ID TAGS; SCREEN-PRINTED; UHF RFID;

ANTENNAS; CLEANING; HARD COATINGS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

PLATING;

EID: 84870218895     PISSN: 16875869     EISSN: 16875877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/476570     Document Type: Article

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