RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION

RFIDs use in industry for efficiency and quality of Organization

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Executive Summary

Radio Frequency Identification tags, the most common technique employed for the purpose of managing inventory, databases, identification and security purpose. It incorporates the basic principle of electromagnetic waves to communicate between a stationary and moving object to send and receive data through radio waves. The following paper concerns itself with the basic definition of RFIDs, their design how they are manufactured, the items required in its manufacture and the role of individual components of the system. The design is followed by the technique how it works and which fundamentals it incorporate to function. When the design and functionality of the system is completed we highlight the applications and industries which incorporate RFIDs. We further investigate which departments of an organization, are benefitted, with the employment of RFIDs technology. In the final phase, the benefits and problems with regard to RFIDs are presented. The advantages are compared to RFIDs competing technologies. The problems highlight the current problems need to be addressed by the stake holders of the technology. In the end, an overall outcome is presented about its performance.

Table of Contents

Executive Summary1

Introduction3

Findings and Analysis4

Design4

Principle Technique4

Active RFID4

Passive RFID5

Near Field5

Far Field6

Application7

Class or Instance Identification7

Location Identification7

Transfer of Further Data8

Advantages9

Disadvantages9

Conclusion10

References11

Appendix12

RFIDs use in industry for efficiency and quality of Organization

Introduction

Electromagnetic waves or radio frequency waves were found in 1878 they have a property to travel through vacuum and other mediums, penetrating through obstructing bodies and air. They do not require a physical medium to travel. This property of Radio Frequency waves emerged in the technical development of RFIDs. RFIDs are incorporated in the fields of Access management, Tracking of Goods, Toll collection, tracking of animals and humans, libraries, stores and airport baggage tracking. RFIDs have an intricate design. An instrument is used to generate radio signals of a certain frequency. These signals reflect back from the track of a certain object, carrying the desired data or identification of that object. It is vastly incorporated by various industries for efficient working of their departments. The size, portability and easy use of RFID devices have played a significant role in their employment as an efficient technique to assist information technology. RFID increases department's productivity with convenience (Want, 2006, pp. 25 - 32).RFID has taken over the conventional technique of barcodes. It does not require any line of the path, and it can detect objects in far fields and near fields depending on the use. The interrogator acts as a receiver and transmitter which sends and receives radio signals to and from the destination object. The destination object can be powered actively and passively depending upon the use. The stationary device with the interrogator is connected to the host pc or network to decode the signal received from the destination object. RFID is not equivalently cheap as labeling techniques like bar codes, but its efficiency has encouraged industries to incorporate it.

Findings and Analysis

Design

A RFID system uses labels or tags attached to the ...