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Markets grow for RFID’s UHF and HF frequencies, but confusion abounds among consumers, investors, and customers

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 in Library


You can tag cows, you can tag drugs, and you can tag palates. So long as you have picked a good reader, you’re all set, right? Not true, unless you’ve selected the ideal frequency for your particular application. For developers in the RFID space, differences between UHF, HF, and other “F” variations are clear as day. But for the rest of us, the various manifestations, applications, even the very concept of ‘frequency’ can leave us scratching our head. In RFID schemes, a product’s radio frequency (the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that electromagnetic waves can be generated within) falls into set band constraints – each with its own limitations and benefits.

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