Sunnyvale startup Wirama announced that they've finished the most precise RFID reader available yet, with the ability to locate passive RFID tags to within 6 inches (through the EPC Class 1 Gen 2 ...

Several companies are trialing sample versions of a passive ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID sensor tag designed to enable users to capture data such as temperatures, strain or weight, using a standard, ...

In the previous article, “The principles of RFID: Active Tags,” we discussed a classification of RFID tag called the active tag. Even though the active tag has many applications, it does not get as ...

NXP has created a read-write chip for high-volume RFID tag applications complying to Rain Alliance standards for UHF passive tags. It is Branded ‘Ucode X’ and delivered in wafer form.

If so, can this be accomplished to within less than 1 centimeter (0.4 inch), and can the system consequently forward the collected information to a controller? —Name withheld The short answer is no.

It is hard to label any component of an RFID system as being more critical than any of the others. In past articles we have discussed the RFID tag, as well as, the RFID antenna hardware. Both of these ...

EM Microelectronic announced the EM4325, a versatile and multipurpose, battery-assisted passive (BAP) RFID chip with integrated temperature sensor. This facilitates the expansion of established UHF ...

A transmitter/receiver that reads the contents of RFID tags in the vicinity. Also called an "RFID interrogator." The maximum distance between the reader's antenna and the tag vary, depending on ...