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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Dobkin, Daniel Mark.  The RF in RFID : passive UHF RFID in practice / Daniel M. Dobkin.      p. cm.  Includes index.

TK6553.D59 2007

621.384 dc22

2007027647

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ISBN: 978-0-7506-8209-1

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