2. RFID- Introduction
• Radio Frequency Identification has found multiple applications right
from Automatic Traffic Toll collection to Automated billing in
Supermarkets.
• Typical applications can be categorized as-
• Access control and security
• Tracking of products in Supply Chain
• IDs of products at Point of Sale
• Typical components of an RFID system include-
• Active or Passive Tag
• Tag reader
• Communication unit
• The frequency of operation usually falls in ISM band at 125 KHz, 13.56
MHz, 915 MHz or 2.4 GHz
3. RFID System Components
• RFID Tag
• Transponder
• Located on the object
• RFID Reader
• Transceiver
• Can read and write data to Tag
• Data Processing Subsystem
4. Transponder
• Consist of microchip that stores data and antenna
• Active transponders have on-tag battery
• Passive transponders obtain all power from the interrogation signal of
reader
• Active and passive only communicate when interrogate by transceiver
5. Transceiver
• Consist of a RF module, a control unit, and a coupling element to
interrogate tags via RF communication
• Also have secondary interface to communicate with backend systems
• Reads tags located in hostile environment and are obscured from
view
6. Modulation
• RF communications typically modulate high frequency carrier signal
to transmit baseband code
• Three classes of digital modulation are ASK, FSK, and PSK.
• ASK most common in 13.56 MHz load modulation
• PSK most common in 915 MHz backscatter modulation