RFID News Roundup

NXP, STMicro partner on NFC API for Android mobile phones; RFM unveils module enabling the addition of WirelessHART to RF solutions; TJS intros starter kit for RFID-enabled jewelry inventory solution; NFC mobile payments trial to begin in Brazil; Innovision Research & Technology offers licensing for next-gen NFC IP; French lab, Nokia researchers develop new RF circuit.

How Do RFID Readers Pinpoint Specific Tags?

In a situation in which multiple passive RFID tags are in close proximity to one another, how does a reader pick out just one tag from many? —Matthew (Reading, Mass.) ——— What you are referring to is known as singulation. Part of the air-interface protocol—the...