This course provides students about radio frequency identification (RFID) information systems from hardware architecture, communication protocols to applications. Students will learn various types of RFID (e.g. HF, UHF RFID) technologies and different types of tags (i.e., active, passive, antenna polarizations, etc.), and their operating principles in hardware. The communication protocol for anti-collision and security enhancement will also be introduced. This course brings out various examples of both prevalent and emerging applications, to allow the students to obtain an idea of the potential applications in IoT such as item tracking and tracing, inventory monitoring and control, asset monitoring and management, anti-theft, electronic payment, access control, anti-counterfeit, smart tags.

CILO-1: Apply the microwave theory, particularly in the areas of wave propagation, to design and develop efficient and reliable RFID communications. CILO-2: Identify and solve the multi-tags scenario using anti-collision protocols and data correction algorithms. CILO-3: Identify the performance requirements of the building blocks within RFID readers and tags, such as amplifiers, filters. CILO-4: Evaluate and compare various RFID standards, such as LF, HF, UHF, and microwave. CILO-5: Apply both electrical and computer science concepts to solve real-world RFID system problems using RFID system development kits.