RFID-based sensors for zero-power autonomous wireless sensor networks

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2419-2431

  Cook, Benjamin S ^a   Vyas, Rushi ^a   Kim, Sangkil ^a   Thai, Trang ^a   Le, Taoran ^a   Traille, Anya ^a,b   Aubert, Herve ^a   Tentzeris, Manos M ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LAAS CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

inkjet printing; mmwave; RFID; Wireless sensors

Indexed keywords

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); SENSOR NODES; SENSORS; WATER QUALITY;

BATTERY POWERED; CHIPLESS RFID; MM-WAVE; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY; SENSING TECHNIQUES; WIRELESS SENSOR; WIRELESS SENSOR NODE; ZERO-POWER SENSORS;

INTERNET OF THINGS;

EID: 84903626370     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2297436     Document Type: Article

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