Friday, September 16, 2016

Global RFID Smart Antenna Market 2016-2020 - Emerging Applications for RFID are Driving Growth -

Global RFID Smart Antenna Market 2016-2020 - Emerging Applications for RFID are Driving Growth -: A trend influencing market growth is the emergence of cloud-based RFID solutions.

Advances in technology have led to the expansion of RFID technology in various fields such as the transportation, aerospace, IT, and logistics. However, due to high IT infrastructure requirements such as database, servers, and inter-/intra-network, which adds to its already high deployment and implementation costs, the adoption of RFID has been limited to small and medium-sized retail chains or stores.

The cloud-based RFID solutions offered by various RDIF solution providers such as Terso Solutions, Tellago, and Nedap are providing opportunity for small and medium-sized retailers to avail the benefits of RFID systems, as they reduce the initial procurement cost of servers.

According to the report, a key growth driver is the emerging applications for RFID. RFID smart antennas integrated into RFID systems are selected on the basis of radiation resistance, resistive losses, bandwidth, and feed impedance. RFID smart antennas transmit and emit both electrical and magnetic properties and operate around a wide range of frequencies to contain the reliability of the information collected. As a result, the reliability of RFID systems has increased over time, which, in turn, has resulted in an increase in demand for RFID systems.

RFID systems are used for asset tracking and thus, it was perceived that the major applications of such systems are more useful in retail and logistics environments.

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Ask The Experts Forum - RFID Journal

Ask The Experts Forum - RFID Journal: What Are Wet RFID Inlays?
Posted By RFID Journal, 03.07.201
Fred,

A wet inlay is an RFID transponder (a chip with an antenna on a substrate) with an adhesive backing. A dry inlay has no adhesive. Wet inlays are designed to be stuck inside corrugated boxes or on the backs of labels. It's possible that an inlay embedded in concrete might continue to function, but it is likely that the moisture in the concrete would detune the antenna, thereby shortening the read range. Eventually, I think the transponder components would be destroyed.

I recommend that you use a tag with a plastic housing to protect it from moisture and chemicals in the concrete. More than two dozen companies that offer such tags will be exhibiting at RFID Journal LIVE! 2016, which will be held in Orlando, Fla., on May 3-5.

—Mark Roberti, Founder and Editor, RFID Journal