RFID technology uses radio waves to automatically identify objects. It consists of RFID tags attached to objects and RFID readers that can read the tags. RFID tags contain information like a serial number that is transmitted to the reader when it is in range. Common applications of RFID include credit cards, electronic toll collection, supply chain management and library management. A survey found that respondents thought logistics/supply chain and library management were the industries most suitable for RFID application. While RFID provides benefits like contactless reading and rewritable data, its costs remain higher than barcodes and standards are still being developed.

1. RFID & ITS APPLICATIONS
Members: Chau Yuen Tsz
(15216535)
GCIT1015
10/7/2015Wednesday, October 7, 2015

2. CONTENT FLOW OF PRESENTATION
Introduction Applications
Survey
Results
Video Conclusion

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

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

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

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

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
Mediu
m 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

8. CURRENT APPLICATIONS

9. APPLICATIONS
Credit Cards with RFID
(Paywave function)
Octopus (Smart Card)

10. PPLICATIONS
Autotoll (Electronic toll collection)
Access Control

11. ONLINE SURVEY
Target: SME
Information: Opinion on RFID and its applications
Site:
 http://qtrial.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_9N5UPRZuyuWtsk4

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
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Pharmaceutic manufacturing industries
Library Management
Inventory Control
Document Management
Security
Customer Services
Hotel Management
Banking and Finance
Social Services

13. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT
In medical uses and library management

14. VIDEO

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