The RF in RFID

This book includes a survey of all RFID fundamentals and practices in the first part of the book while the second part focuses on UHF passive technology. This coverage of UHF technology and its components including tags, readers, and antennas is essential to commercial implementation in supply chain logistics and security.

Readers of this book should have an electrical engineering background but have not yet dealt with RFID. To this end, Dr. Dobkin is very careful to illustrate all concepts and detail his explanations meticulously. In this way he brings the reader along organically showing him/her what to expect, develop, and use while implementing an RFID system.

• This technology is happening NOW at major chain stores such as Wal-Mart and Target
• RFID revenues are estimated to soar to about $7 billion by 2008

Autorentext

Daniel Dobkin has been involved in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of communications devices, components, and systems for over 28 years. He holds a BS from the California Institute of Technology, and MS and PhD degrees from Stanford University, all in Applied Physics. He is the author of three books and 30 technical publications, and holds 7 US patents as inventor or co-inventor. He has given numerous talks and classes on radio-frequency identification in the US and Asia. He specializes in physical-layer issues: radios and signal generation, antennas, and signal propagation.

Inhalt

Chapter 1:Introduction
Chapter 2: History and Practice of RFID
Chapter 3: Radio Basics For UHF RFID
Chapter 4: UHF RFID Readers
Chapter 5: UHF RFID Tags
Chapter 6: Reader Antennas
Chapter 7: Tag Antennas
Chapter 8: UHF RFID Protocols
Afterword
Appendix 1: Radio Regulations
Appendix 2: Harmonic Functions
Appendix 3: Resistance, Impedance and Switching
Appendix 4: Reflection and Matching