The capability test of electronic tag
This paper introduces problems of electronic tag in actual application and the essentiality of capability test for electronic tag. We have established a test platform which is based on radio frequency and worked out some related schemes, which has laid the experimental foundations for further researching environmental influence factor in electronic tag in future.
On the read zone analysis of radio frequency identification systems with transponders oriented in arbitrary directions
One of the most important characteristics of a Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) system is its "read zone", which is defined as the volume inside which the base station can communicate with the transponders (or, tags). This paper presents a systematic approach to analyzing the read zone of an RFID system where the base station antennas are a pair of switchable circularly polarized antennas and the transponder antennas are linearly-polarized and oriented in arbitrary directions.
Phase characterisation of simulated high burn-up UO2 fuel
Abstract To determine the lattice constant variation with burn-up and the oxidation behaviour at high temperatures, simulated UO2-spent fuels with burn-ups up to 200 GWd tM−1 were prepared by cold pressing and sintering and characterised by X-ray diffraction analysis and thermogravimetry. The fcc-lattice parameter of the sintered samples determined at room temperature, showed a continuous decrease with the simulated burn-up. During oxidation the conversion of the simulated fuels to the (U,FP)4O9 and (U,FP)3O8-type phases was strongly delayed when the simulated burn-up exceeded 80 GWd tM−1. Also, at high burn-ups (>100 GWd tM−1), large fractions of the (U,FP)4O9-type phase remained untransformed to (U,FP)3O8 after prolonged exposure to air at 950–1000°C. This suggests a marked widening of the (U,FP)4O9-phase field when the amount of substituted uranium atoms exceeds values of about 8%.