Impinj

Not all Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers are created equal. In the case of UHF Gen 2, this maxim bears added significance. Standards compliance is only part of the story: meeting the standard says nothing, for example, about performance, let alone performance under demanding conditions.

Fundamental to achieving return-on-investment goals — however one measures them — is the confidence that all the tags whose data one needs to read actually make it into the business process. So the choice of components that make up an RFID system matters a great deal. This paper presents five essential reader attributes that ultimately determine the quality and performance of any RFID implementation.