The RF in RFID

Ten years ago when RFID technology came into the scene, the power and integrated circuits were very basic. However, in the last three years there has been a lot of problems. For example. RFID technology can be used for monitoring patients' health in hospital beds.

This book explains how UHF tags and readers communicate wirelessly. It gives you an understanding of RFID technology and how it can increase RFID technology. Avoiding heavy math but giving breadth of detail. New to this edition: Examples of near-metal antenna techniques. Discussion of the wakeup challenge for battery-assisted tags, with a BAT architecture example. Latest development of protocols: EPC Gen 1.2.0. Update 18000-6 discussion with battery-assisted tags, sensor tags, Manchester tags and wakeup provisions. Frequency Identification (RFID). and depth of coverage. New edition includes latest developments in chip technology, antennas and protocols.