Unit 2 - S9 RFID
Unit 2 - S9 RFID
Unit 2 - S9 RFID
RFID TRANSCEIVER
RFID
• A growing class of applications for short-range
wireless is radio frequency identification (RFID).
• RFID uses electromagnetic fields to automatically
identify and track tags attached to objects.
• An RFID system consists of a tiny radio
transponder, a radio receiver and transmitter.
• RFID system consists of a reader that sends a
signal to a passive or active tag and then receives
and interprets a modified signal reflected or
retransmitted back to it.
RFID
• The reader has a conventional transmitter and receiver.
• The tag itself is special for this class of applications.
• It may be passive, receiving its power for retransmission
from the signal sent from the reader, or it may have an
active receiver and transmitter and tiny embedded long-
life battery.
• The RFID Module operates in the 13.56 MHz frequency
since it is the universal unregulated frequency for all
scientific and medical research purposes. It was set as the
standard international frequency to be followed by all,
since it does not interfere significantly with the
environment.
• Ranges of RFID may be several centimeters up to tens of
meter.
RFID
• In its most common form of operation, an RFID system
works as follows.
• The reader transmits an interrogation signal, which is
received by the tag.
• The tag may alter the incoming signal in some unique
manner and reflect it back, or its transmitting circuit may
be triggered to read its ID code residing in memory and to
transmit this code back to the receiver.
• Active tags have greater range than passive tags.
• If the tag is moving in relation to the receiver, such as in the
case of toll collection on a highway, the data transfer must
take place fast enough to be complete before the tag is out
of range.
RFID
• RFIDs have been miniaturized, and passive RFIDs are available
for low costs and hold great potential in the networking world.
RFIDs can be categorized as passive, semi-passive, and active.
• Passive RFIDs rely entirely on external energy to become active
and receive that from a reader.
• Passive RFIDs are cheaper and disposable and have a detection
range of about 20 feet.
• Active and semi-passive RFIDs can be detected from up to 100
feet or more as they have their own internal batteries.
• These are generally used with expensive merchandise.
• Active RFIDs utilize the battery energy for broadcasting, while a
semi-passive RFID utilizes the reader’s energy for that purpose.
RFID
These are some design issues for RFID:
■ Tag orientation is likely to be random, so tag
and reader antennas must be designed to
give the required range for any orientation
■ Multiple tags within the transmission range
can cause return message collisions. One way
to avoid this is by giving the tags random delay
times for response, which may allow several
tags to be interrogated at once.
■ Tags must be elaborately coded to prevent
misreading