PTCEC349 RFID System Design and Testing Syllabus:

PTCEC349 RFID System Design and Testing Syllabus – Anna University Part time Regulation 2023

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

● To discuss the fundamentals of near field and far field RFID communications
● To articulate the standards and protocols used in RFID systems
● To describe the operating principles of RFID tag and reader
● To introduce the security aspects and system architecture of RFID systems
● To illustrate the industrial and scientific applications of RFID systems

UNIT I INTRODUCTION

RFID Principles: Near-field based RFID – Properties of Magnetic field – Far-field based RFID – Properties of Backscatter RF Systems – Modulation techniques – Frequency based property comparison of RFID Systems

UNIT II RFID STANDARDS AND PROTOCOLS

RFID Industry standards: EPC global – ISO15693 Vicinity cards and RFID – ISO14443 Proximity cards and RFID – The NFC forum – Reading collocated RFID tags: Query Tree protocol – Query Slot protocol

UNIT III OPERATING PRINCIPLES

RFID Tag components: RFID tag types – the 1-Bit Transponder and Chipless Tags – RFID readers and middleware component – Communication fundamentals: Coupling, Data encoding, multi-path effect – Tag, Reader and sensor communication.

UNIT IV DATA INTEGRITY AND SECURITY

The checksum procedure – Multiaccess procedures – Attacks on RFID Systems – Protection by Cryptographic measures

UNIT V RFID ENABLED SENSORS AND APPLICATIONS

RFID enabled Sensors: Antenna design challenges – IC design – Integration of sensors and RFID – Power consumption and Link budget.
Applications: Contactless smart cards – Access control – Electronic passport – Industrial Automation – Medical applications – Challenges and opportunities.

30 PERIODS
PRACTICAL EXERCISES: 30 PERIODS

1. Design of a passive RFID Tag Antenna
2. Design of an RFID reader antenna
3. Determination of read range of the RFID tag at UHF and Microwave frequencies
4. Determination of RFID tag performance for different standards

COURSE OUTCOMES:

At the end of this course, the students will be able to:
CO1: Classify RFID systems based on frequency, architecture and performance
CO2: Define standards for RFID technology
CO3: Illustrate the operation of various components of RFID systems
CO4: Describe the privacy and security issues in RFID Systems
CO5: Discuss the construction and applications of RFID enabled sensor

TOTAL:60 PERIODS
TEXTBOOKS

1. Roy Want, RFID Explained, Springer 2022.
2. Amin Rida, Li Yang, Manos M. Tentzeris, RFID Enabled Sensor Design and Applications, Artech House, 2010

REFERENCES

1. Klaus Finkenzeller, RFID Handbook, 3rd Edition, Wiley, 2010
2. Syed Ahson, Mohammad Ilyas, RFID Handbook, CRC Press, 2008
3. Paris Kitsos, Security in RFID and Sensor Networks, CRC Press, 2016.