Each month, RFID Journal receives numerous white paper submissions from outside experts. We read each paper carefully and select the most informative articles. Please note that we cannot guarantee the accuracy of facts or claims in these papers.
The Case for Real-Time Location Systems
Published March 2008
The white paper from Ekahau discussions the characteristics of a real-time location system and examines how the RTLS market is expected to evolve from a simple application that reports assets' location into a vital system component of the enterprise infrastructure.
Planar Coils
Published December 2007
SysMore, Inc., has patented a production process for forming circuits that includes layering an impressionable material and a conductive material, defining adjacent charge paths on the conductive material, and shaping the impressionable material to increase a gap between adjacent charge paths.
RFID and NFC Measurements With the Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer
Published December 2005
RFID and NFC technologies share a variety of uncommon engineering measurement challenges. This application note describes how the Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer (RTSA) from Tektronix offers an RFID-specific measurement package, in addition to its real-time capabilities.
Technology, Systems and Applications
Published December 2005
Bitkom provides an overview of the numerous application-related and technical aspects of RFID systems. This white paper shows that even in the highly competitive IT market, it is possible to define basic structures upon which different providers can agree.
The EPC Tagging Appliance
Published October 2005
This white paper from HK Systems and ConnecTerra considers the EPC Tagging Appliance, an RFID tagging solution that acts as a single point of contact to end users for installation, configuration and suppport.
From Bar Codes to Smart Labels
Published October 2005
Printronix discusses how smart labels combine RFID with bar coding for case and pallet pilot applications, and how printer-encoders are the engine for getting started.
Mastering RFID Label Converting
Published September 2005
This article by Mark Blitshteyn of Ion Industrial analyzes existing ESD control standards and interprets them for RFID label converting. It examines available static control methods in RFID converting, and offers a case study for static control on an RFID tag insertion module for a narrow-web press.
Information Infrastructure: Delivering the Advantage of Information Integration Today
Published June 2005
This IBM-submitted white paper discusses the value proposition of WebSphere Information Integrator software, summarizing its primary capabilities and considering its role in the information infrastructure.
RFID Overview: Introduction to Radio Frequency Identification
Published June 2005
RFID is a flexible technology that is convenient, easy to use and well-suited for automatic operation. It combines advantages not available with other identification technologies. This white paper by Intermec examines how RFID can benefit a variety of applications.
The RFID Software Conundrum
Published May 2005
Todd Warden, VP of business development at Markem Corp., explores ambiguous middleware and the software needed for successful RFID deployments.