Hybrid UHF/UWB antenna for passive indoor identification and localization systems

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 354-361

  Cruz, Catarina C ^a   Costa, Jorge R ^b   Fernandes, Carlos A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

dual band antenna; Indoor localization and identification; passive tag antenna; RFID; UWB

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

APPROPRIATE TOPOLOGY; DUAL BAND ANTENNAS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYBRID ANTENNA; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR LOCALIZATION; LOCALIZATION SYSTEM; MASS PRODUCTION; MULTIPLE TARGETS; PASSIVE RFID; PASSIVE TAGS; PLANAR ANTENNAS; RFID CHIPS; SIMULTANEOUS IDENTIFICATION; SINGLE BAND; UWB; UWB ANTENNA; UWB IMPULSE RADIO;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

EID: 84872035303     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2220112     Document Type: Article

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