Design and simulation of a slotted patch antenna sensor for wireless strain sensing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8694, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yi, Xiaohua ^a   Cho, Chunhee ^a   Cook, Benjamin ^b   Wang, Yang ^a   Tentzeris, Manos M ^b   Leon, Roberto T ^c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

RFID; Slotted patch antenna; Strain sensor; Wireless passive sensor

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA MINIATURIZATION; DESIGN AND SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; PASSIVE SENSOR; RADIO-FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION READERS; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; STRAIN SENSORS; WIRELESS INTERROGATIONS;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; NATIONAL SECURITY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); SECURITY SYSTEMS; SENSORS;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 84878419679     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2009233     Document Type: Conference Paper

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