Passive UHF RFID tag for multispectral assessment

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Escobedo, Pablo ^a   Carvajal, Miguel A ^a   Capitán Vallvey, Luis F ^b   Fernández Salmerón, José ^c   Martínez Olmos, Antonio ^a   Palma, Alberto J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microcontroller; Optical sensor; Passive RFID tag; Printed electronics; Screen printing; Spectral fingerprint

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; INFRARED DEVICES; MICROCONTROLLERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); SCREEN PRINTING; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CIRCUIT CONNECTIONS; FLEXIBLE POLYMERIC SUBSTRATES; NEAR-INFRARED TO VISIBLE; PASSIVE RFID TAGS; PRINTED ELECTRONICS; SPECTRAL FINGERPRINTS; ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY BANDS; WIDE SPECTRAL RANGE;

RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 84978747600     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s16071085     Document Type: Article

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