A Novel Integrated UWB-UHF One-Port Antenna for Localization and Energy Harvesting

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3839-3848

  Fantuzzi, Marco ^a   Masotti, Diego ^a   Costanzo, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Radiofrequency energy harvesting; Radiofrequency identification; Rectennas; UHF antennas; Ultra wideband antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; ENERGY HARVESTING; MOBILE ANTENNAS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RECTENNAS; SPIRAL ANTENNAS; UHF DEVICES;

ANTENNA COMBINING; ARCHIMEDEAN SPIRAL; PASSIVE RFID TAGS; RADIATION PERFORMANCE; RADIO-FREQUENCY ENERGY; UHF ANTENNAS; ULTRA WIDE-BAND ANTENNAS; UWB COMMUNICATION;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 84941010316     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2015.2452969     Document Type: Article

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