Passive RFID sensor tag concept and prototype exploiting a full control of amplitude and phase of the tag signal

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 4752-4762

  Grosinger, Jasmin ^a   Gortschacher, Lukas ^a   Bosch, Wolfgang ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antennas; design optimization; emerging applications for radio frequency (RF) microwaves; Impedance matching; radio frequency identification (RFID); sensors and sensor systems; wireless RF components and systems

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; EFFICIENCY; MODULATION; PHASE MODULATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

CONSTANT POWER; HIGH ROBUSTNESS; MODULATION EFFICIENCY; PASSIVE RFID; POWER TRANSFERS; RFID READERS; SENSING DEVICES; WATER FILLING;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

EID: 84999260877     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2016.2623610     Document Type: Article

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