RFID & its Applications

1. FID & ITS APPLICATIONS
Members:
1.Alice Lee
2.Bob Chan
3.Cathy Mok

2. FLOW OF PRESENTATION
Introduction Applications
Survey
Result
Video Conclusion
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3. RFID
RFID = Radio Frequency Identification
Electronic labeling and wireless identification of objects using radio
frequency
Tag carries with its information
 a serial number
 Model number
 Color or any other imaginable data
When these tags pass through a field generated by a compatible
reader, they transmit this information back to the reader, thereby
identifying the object
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4. RFID COMPONENTS
A basic RFID system consists of these components:
 A programmable RFID tag/inlay for storing item data;
 Consisting of an RFID chip for data storage
 an antenna to facilitate communication with the RFID chip
A reader/antenna system to interrogate the RFID inlay
Application software and a host computer system
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5. RFID TAG
The RFID tag consists of an integrated circuit (IC) embedded in a thin
film medium.
Information stored in the memory of the RFID chip is transmitted by
the antenna circuit embedded in the RFID inlay via radio frequencies,
to an RFID reader
3 types
 Passive
 Semi-passive
 Active
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6. TYPES OF RFID TAGS
Active Tags
•Use a battery
•communicate over distances
of several meters
Semi-passive Tags
•Contain built-in batteries to
power the chip’s circuitry,
resist interference and
circumvent a lack of power
from the reader signal due
to long distance.
•They are different from
active tags in that they only
transmit data at the time a
response is received
Passive Tags
•Derive their power from the
field generated by the
reader
•without having an active
transmitter to transfer the
information stored
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7. APPLICATIONS
Frequency Appx. Read Range Data Speed Cost of
Tags
Application
Low Frequency (125kHz) <5cm
(passive)
Low High • Animal Identification
• Access Control
High Frequency (13.56
Mhz)
10 cm – 1m
(passive)
Low to Moderate Medium to
Low
• Smart Cards
• Payment (paywave)
Ultra High Frequency (433,
868-928 Mhz)
3m -7m
(passive)
Moderate to High Low • Logistics and Supply Chain
• Baggage Tracking
Microwave (2.45 & 5.8 Ghz) 10m -15m
(passive)
20m – 40m
(active)
High High • Electronic toll collection (Autotoll)
• Container Tracking
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8. CURRENT APPLICATIONS
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9. APPLICATIONS
Credit Cards with RFID
(Paywave function)
Octopus (Smart Card)
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10. APPLICATIONS
Autotoll (Electronic toll collection)
Access Control
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11. ONLINE SURVEY
Target: SME
Information: Opinion on RFID and its applications
Site:
 http://qtrial.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9N5UPRZuyuWtsk4
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12. SURVEY RESULT
Logistics and
Supply Chain
Management
20%
Pharmaceutic
manufacturing
industries
15%
Library Management
21%
Inventory
Control
10%
Document
Management
8% Security
8%
Customer Services
5%
Hotel Management
5%
Banking and Finance
5%
Social Services
3%
Other
18%
Types of industries that respondents think
it is possible to apply RFID technology
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13. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
In medical uses and library management
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14. VIDEO
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15. CONCLUSION
Positive
 RFID is a contactless reading technology and can read through other
materials
 Hold more data than barcode does
 RFID tags data can be changed or added
 More effective, bring lots of convenience to us
Negative
 Cost is relatively remain high (compare to barcode)
 RFID signals may have problems with some materials
 RFID standards are still being developed
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