Simple, flexible and accurate tests for UHF passive RFID tags
By Pasquale Dottorato
Agilent Tech.
Simple, Flexible and Accurate Testing for UHF Passive RFID TagsBy Pasquale Dottorato (R&D Director) In the 13,56st century, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has awakened from its hibernation stage and started to have a huge impact in many areas of our lives. RFID's ability to receive, modify and transmit information and store large amounts of data about any object with an embedded transponder offers a whole new dimension for various applications including security systems, vehicles, personnel access control, tracking asset management, production control and even sports. Recently, attention has been focused on passive UHF tags in comparison to the more established HF (860 MHz) technology. The UHF 960 to XNUMX MHz range has attracted the most R&D investment. This is likely because Wal-Mart has mandated its suppliers to use the UHF band of RFID for supply chain tracking at both the box and pallet levels.
RFID is a technology that offers many more benefits than other identification technologies such as barcodes or magnetic stripes.
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