Card-type slot antenna for UHF RFID tag close to the chest of a human body

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1626-1631

  Chiu, Chien Wen ^a   Ou, Chen An ^a   Wang, Hwang Cheng ^a   Chuang, Yu Chou ^a  

^a NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

human body effect; read range; slot antenna; tag antenna; UHF radio frequency identification tag

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EFFECTS; HUMAN BODY EFFECT; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RADIATION PROPERTIES; READ RANGE; SIMULATED RESULTS; TAG ANTENNA; UHF RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATIONS;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

SLOT ANTENNAS;

EID: 84876946916     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: 10982760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.27610     Document Type: Article

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