Alien RFID Applied to Fish Crates for Traceability

Alien Tech supports RFID traceability application for Pack and Sea A/S, the Danish fish crate tracking consortium. ...

... "Pack and Sea is the largest consortium of commercial fishermen in Denmark. They required very durable RFID tags on hundreds of thousands of plastic crates to withstand routine supply chain logistics processes including high temperature cleanings and the continuous exposure of the reusable assets within a highly saline environment. Seawater is a very aggressive corrosive substance so it was critical to provide an extremely rugged and proven tag design solution. After subjecting all UHF Gen 2 inlays available in the marketplace to rigorous tests, we selected Alien’s Higgs-3 Squiggle inlay which provided the most consistent and long read range, so it was an obvious choice to make. " ...

Via Alien Technology: Fish crate tracking application

Long Range RFID Tag Reading

Omni-ID Ultra RFID Tag: "The world's first passive tag with an on metal RFID range of more than one hundred feet. "

Omni-ID RFID Ultra Tag

Omni-ID brings a new suite of radio frequency identification products to the manufacturing, transportation, and defense markets. ...

... "The Ultra is the longest read range, passive RFID tag currently available on the market today by a significant margin. In addition, the Ultra offers global functionality without any compromise in performance - an extremely important feature for applications being tracked internationally. By providing a balanced performance on, off, and near metals and liquids, Omni-ID Ultra protects customer investments and enables them to use the tags on different materials and in mixed-use environments. " ...

Via Omni-ID: New RFID Product Suite

Confidex RFID Tags Metal Surface

Confidex offers its SteelWING RFID label, which performs well directly on metal surfaces. ...

... "With up to 10 meter (32ft) read range on metal surfaces, UHF Class 1 Generation 2 compliant Confidex SteelWING was designed to overcome the challenges of metal asset tagging. The key design targets: high performance, compact structure and cost-efficiency were achieved with SteelWING’s innovative patent pending design. The light-weight tag has adhesive background and it can be directly attached on metal surface – without any extra spacer material. " ...

Via Confidex: Direct-on-metal labels

ePassport RFID Challenges

The RFID technology in e-passports and enhanced drivers licenses present a security challenge. Privacy and border security can be at risk from unauthorized reading of the RFID tags. ...

... "The tags are inexpensive and can, in ideal conditions, be read from about 150 feet away -- an unusually long range for RFID, says Ari Juels, director and chief scientist at RSA Laboratories ... " ...

Via MIT Tech Review: Security Problem

EU RFID Reader

ThingMagic launches Astra integrated RFID reader and antenna in the European Union market. The Astra reader enables simple installation and supports Power over Ethernet and WiFi. ...

... "Driven by ThingMagic's Mercury5e UHF RFID embedded reader module, Astra has a read range of over nine meters for Generation 2 RFID tags and can read up to 190 tags per second. Fully supporting ThingMagic's enterprise-class MercuryOS software, Astra's network management and security features include DHCP for configuration and firmware management, and SSL/SSH–based security. Astra has ETSI and CE certification and meets all European Union RFID and environmental requirements. " ...

Via ThingMagic: RFID Reader for European Union

High-Performance RFID Reading

Convergence Systems demonstrates high-performance using its CS101 UHF Gen2 RFID handheld reader for read range and throughput. ...

... "With a read range exceeding 25 feet with standard dipole passive tags and a throughput reaching 400 tags per second, the CS101 delivers performance equivalent to that of a fixed reader, a first in the industry and over twice the performance level of similar high-end readers. " ...

Via Convergence Systems: New UHF RFID Gen2 Handheld Reader

Glass-Encapsulated RFID Tags For Imbedding

Sokymat Automotive expands its transponder range by introducing low-frequency glass-encapsulated RFID tags. ...

... "Already established as a leading manufacturer of transponders for the automotive industry, Sokymat Automotive has now launched an increased range of low frequency glass-encapsulated tags operating between 125kHz and 140kHz, including an all-new 4mm diameter tag. The new tags are available with a range of IC chips, including the innovative one time programmable (OTP) EM4305 chip from EM Marin which offers a significantly improved read distance and is suited for a number of applications – from industry logistics to access control. In addition the EM4305 supports waste management (BDE) and animal identification (ISO FDX-B) standards. As the RFID transponder is encapsulated in glass, it can be attached to, or embedded into, the object or animal to be identified, without risk. " ...

Via Sokymat Automotive: Newly expanded RFID transponder range

RFID Test Measurement

New test method enables rapid testing of multiple RFID tags, so that new antenna designs can be evaluated and commercialized. Research was conducted at Georgia Institute of Technology. ...

... "Each antenna signal can then be separated from the others, allowing his team to simultaneously measure the signals from multiple tags. Their experiments have shown they can measure the power strength and phase of up to 256 antennas in the field of view ... " ...

Via Science Daily: RFID Testbed Measures Multiple Tags

Georgia Tech Research Institute, RFID: "Dr. Joseph Dalton heads GTI's RFID program. "

Mojix RFID Long Read Range and Coverage

Mojix introduces a revolutionary new class of RFID systems, the Mojix STAR system, that can be experienced at the RFID Journal LIVE! event in Las Vegas, Nevada. ...

... "The EPCglobal GEN 2-compliant Mojix STAR system radically redefines the performance parameters of passive RFID, delivering 100,000 times the indoor receiver sensitivity of previous solutions, 20 times the read range (600 feet), and 100 times the coverage area (up to 250,000 square feet) with non line-of-sight capabilities - to dramatically extend the utility, scope and value of RFID applications and use cases.



Developed by experts in deep space communications, the Mojix STAR system combines advances in digital signal processing technology perfected in deep space applications with an innovative architecture to economically expand RFID coverage by an order of magnitude in spacetime (3D). Freed from the traditional restraints of conventional passive RFID technology, a single Mojix STAR system can handle numerous concurrent applications across an entire warehouse, retail complex, distribution center, transportation yard or other large contiguous space with a single point of data collection and management. " ...

Via Mojix: Revolutionary New Class of RFID System