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2 - An Introduction to Radio Frequency Identification

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2025

Alírio Soares Boaventura
Affiliation:
University of Aveiro, Portugal
Nuno Borges Carvalho
Affiliation:
University of Aveiro, Portugal
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Summary

Chapter 2 describes the fundamentals, applications, standardization, and operating principles of RFID technology and offers a glimpse into the design considerations and architectures of modern UHF RFID readers.

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Radio Frequency Identification Engineering
How to Engineer an RFID Reader
, pp. 14 - 41
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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