Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tagging is now mandated by the department of defense and many of the world's largest retailers including Wal-Mart. In order to stay competitive, more than 200,000 manufacturers and suppliers must develop strategies for integrating RFID technologies into their supply chains. RFID in Logistics: A Practical Introd

Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) stores and retrieves data using devices called RFID tags: objects attached to or incorporated into a product, animal or person which communicate with an RFID reader or interrogator. This book proposes a linear two-port model for an N-stage modified-Greinacher full wave rectifier, predicting the overall conversion efficiency at low power levels where the diodes are operating near their threshold voltage. Included is an experimental procedure to measure how impedance modulation in the tag affects the signal at the reader, and a useful tool for choosing the most appropriate impedances.

This edition features numerous updates and new and expanded material on emerging topics such as the medical applications of RFID and new ethical challenges in the field. Offering a detailed understanding of RFID design essentials, key applications, and important management issues, it explores the role of RFID technology in supply chain management, intelligent building design, transportation systems, military applications, and numerous other applications, and explains the design of RFID circuits, antennas, interfaces, data encoding schemes, and complete systems. Starting with the basics of RF and microwave propagation, discusses major system components including tags and readers. This hands-on reference distills the latest RFID standards, and examines RFID at work in supply chain management, intelligent buildings, intelligent transportation systems, and tracking animals. RFID is controversial among privacy and consumer advocates, and this book looks at every angle concerning security, ethics, and protecting consumer data

What Is Radio Frequency Identification Radio-frequency identification, sometimes known as RFID, is a technology that makes use of electromagnetic fields in order to automatically identify and track tags that are affixed to things. A radio receiver, a radio transmitter, and a very small radio transponder make up the components of an RFID system. The RFID tag will send digital data, often an identifying inventory number, back to the reader when it is activated by an electromagnetic interrogation pulse from a nearby RFID reader device. This number may be used to keep track of the commodities in inventory. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Radio-frequency identification Chapter 2: Electronic Product Code Chapter 3: EZ TAG Chapter 4: Microchip implant (animal) Chapter 5: ISO 11784 and ISO 11785 Chapter 6: Ear tag Chapter 7: Tracking system Chapter 8: Contactless smart card Chapter 9: Clipped tag Chapter 10: Chip timing Chapter 11: Smart label Chapter 12: Wireless identity theft Chapter 13: Deister Electronics Chapter 14: Wireless identification and sensing platform Chapter 15: Omni-ID Chapter 16: Real-time locating system Chapter 17: Microchip implant (human) Chapter 18: Impinj Chapter 19: Chipless RFID Chapter 20: Radio-frequency identification in schools Chapter 21: Dynamic Intelligent Currency Encryption (II) Answering the public top questions about radio frequency identification. (III) Real world examples for the usage of radio frequency identification in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of radio frequency identification' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of radio frequency identification.

This book provides an introduction to RFID technology. It describes and addresses the following: How RFID works, how it is and can be used in current and future applications. The History of RFID technology, the current state of practice and where RFID is expected to be taken in the future. The role of middleware software to route data between the RFID network and the information technology systems within an organization. Commercial and government use of RFID technology with an emphasis on a wide range of applications including retail and consumer packaging, transportation and distribution of products, industrial and manufacturing operations, security and access control. Industry standards and the regulatory compliance environment and finally, the privacy issues faced by the public and industry regarding the deployment of RFID technology.

Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) stores and retrieves data using devices called RFID tags: objects attached to or incorporated into a product, animal or person which communicate with an RFID reader or interrogator. This book proposes a linear two-port model for an N-stage modified-Greinacher full wave rectifier, predicting the overall conversion efficiency at low power levels where the diodes are operating near their threshold voltage. Included is an experimental procedure to measure how impedance modulation in the tag affects the signal at the reader, and a useful tool for choosing the most appropriate impedances.