Radio-Frequency

Identification (RFID)

NAME- Sumit Kishore

BRANCH- Electrical and Electronics Engineering
ROLL NO.- 02011504917
SUBMITTED TO- Mr Mohit Tiwari
 What Is RFID ?
• Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic
fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects.
The tags contain electronically stored information. Passive tags
collect energy from a nearby RFID reader's interrogating radio
waves. Active tags have a local power source (such as a battery) and
may operate hundreds of meters from the RFID reader. Unlike
a barcode, the tag need not be within the line of sight of the reader,
so it may be embedded in the tracked object.
HISTORY
• In 1945, Léon Theremin invented a listening device for the Soviet
Union which retransmitted incident radio waves with the added audio
information. Sound waves vibrated a diaphragm which slightly altered
the shape of the resonator, which modulated the reflected radio
frequency. Even though this device was a covert listening device,
rather than an identification tag, it is considered to be a predecessor
of RFID because it was passive, being energized and activated by
waves from an outside source.
 GOALS OF RFID
•The overall research goal of Radio-Frequency
Identification is to create technology that can keep a check
on things and provides security to that things.

•These consist of particular traits or capabilities that

researchers expect an RFID to display. They are :

• Automatic Identification
• Tracking a product or its progress
• RFID tracking solutions are able to help
healthcare facilities
• RFID offers advantages over manual systems
or use of bar codes.
 APPLICATIONS
• RFID is relevant to any intellectual task.
• Healthcare
• Adoption of RFID in the medical industry has been widespread
and very effective. Hospitals are among the first users to
combine both active and passive
• Retail
• RFID is used for item level tagging in retail stores. In addition to
inventory control, this provides both protection against theft by
customers and employees by using electronic article
surveillance (EAS), and a self checkout process for customers.
• Transportation and logistics
• Yard management, shipping and freight and distribution centers use
RFID tracking. In the railroad industry, RFID tags mounted on
locomotives and rolling stock identify the owner, identification
number and type of equipment and its characteristics.
 FUTURE OF RFID
• MARKET GROWTH- A Research and Markets report, though, forecasts
global sourcing of RFID tags to have a compound annual growth rate of
22.4% through 2018. Yet another report puts the smart label market at
$10 billion by 2020.
• Some experts believe the passive RFID tag market alone will grow to
almost 7 billion tags in the next year, primarily through retailer adoption of
UHF RFID tags for shelf-level stock replenishment. That number is
expected to grow to 25 billion tags by 2020 just for retail apparel and
shoes, with even more tags deployed on high-value, high complexity retail
items. Experts also anticipate rapid growth of RFID use in the
pharmaceutical market for anti-counterfeiting applications.
• And in addition to this new and improved technologies will help make
RFID more reliable and cost-effective for a larger number of applications.
• New Antenna Designs, Increased Memory, Sensor Integration, Cloud-
Based Capabilities are some of the new technologies that will arrive in
the market of RFID tags
 CONCLUSION
• The ultimate goal of various institutions and
scientists is to solve the majority of daily basis
problems in retail and commerce sector.
• To provide security and check progress.
• Future of RFID is undoubtedly very bright with
their increasing use in retail, healthcare,
manufacturing and other sectors.

References :
1.WWW.WIKIPEDIA.ORG
2. LOWRYSOLUTIONS.COM
3.WWW.GOOGLE.CO.IN