RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAGS

Radio Frequency Identification Tags (RFID's)

Table of Contents

Introduction2

History2

Principle of operation of an RFID tag3

Applications of RFID5

Economic Analysis6

SWOT Analysis8

Current situation and outlook9

Conclusion11

References12

Radio Frequency Identification Tags (RFID's)

Introduction

Today, the identification and tracking of objects has grown more. Initially, this allowed identification barcodes but did not allow the storage of certain data. Therefore RFID tags were developed. The RFID technology is already widely used to recognize or identify with greater or lesser distance and a minimum of time, an object, an animal or a person with a label capable of transmitting data using wave radio. These include, for example, the smart card contactless systems Turnpike without stopping, access control parking, etc. RFID tags fall into the category of automatic identification technologies, as well as barcodes. In this report, we will cover all the major aspects regarding RFIDs and their uses.

History

To better understand the evolution of the RFID market, it would be interesting to study a specific example of the technological developments in France in supermarkets.

1852:Aristide Boucicault founded the "Bon Marché" department store first

1976:Appearance of payment cards

1968:Roughing the barcode by Jacques Etienne Moulin and Pictet (3 Suisses)

1970:Opening up the Internet

1972:Implementation of the barcode by Barcode

1986:90% of food items are equipped with barcode

1987:Test electronic labels in supermarkets Casino.

1996:98% of hypermarkets and supermarkets use 70% of the scanning.

1997:Sectors fresh several hypermarkets are certified ISO 9002 (quality assurance standards), as well as Auchan. Teach the courses set up traceability quality meats, some cheeses, potatoes. Promodès provides its customers an interactive terminal identification and monitoring of meat sold by Soviba service coupled with a website.

1998:Casino and Leclerc test the smart label (with chip).

2003:Carrefour launches an Internet platform to manage the traceability of 8000 own brand products manufactured by 700 suppliers cd system, developed by the company and 15 industrial Trace One, accelerates the search for substances or defective products soon followed by Auchan and Casino. With passive tags, smart labels the cost is divided by 3, Wal-Mart will require its biggest suppliers to RFID technology in January 2005, large retailers start drivers

2004:Carrefour, Metro, Tesco and Intel for the development of new technology for RF EPC tags, which should succeed the barcode.

Principle of operation of an RFID tag

First, RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification. These labels are also called: smart labels, tags, transponder (equipment for receiving a radio signal and return immediately answer a radio signal containing different relevant information. Conceptually, RFID and bar coding are quite similar, both are designed to provide early identification and small articles and cascading possibilities. The main difference between these two technologies is that bar coding is read with a laser and optical scans the RFID reader interrogates a tag or using radio frequency signals.

Components

The RFID tag is composed mainly of a chip and a coil antenna. The chip size can now be reduced to that of a point. The antenna, often made of copper, is deposited on the label by means of ultrasound systems (vibration).

Research on chip manufacturing is growing day by day. Although the volume production of plastic chips is not expected to drastically increase before 5 years, many companies ...