News | May 28, 2007

Chipless RFID: Chipless RFID Can Operate To Over 10 Meters Range And 256 Bits Of Data And Have A Greater Physical Performance

Research and Markets www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c57950 has announced the addition of "Printed and Chipless RFID Forecasts, Technologies & Players 2007-2017" to their offering.

Chipless RFID smart labels can be electronically interrogated to reveal ID and other data. They do not contain a microchip and therefore can cost much less than chip RFID. From being just 0.4% of the RFID market in 2006 with cumulative sales of 100 million chipless tags to date (compared to 2322 million chip RFID), chipless devices have the potential to grow to 45% of the market in 2016. Ultimately, the end game of RFID will be that RFID is almost free, in the same ways that barcodes are today, and which are printed onto every item.

Some of the biggest names in the business now offer both chip and Chipless RFID in order to cover a full range of user needs. From AstraZeneca to Calvin Klein, companies are already using them in large volumes and many paper and packaging companies have licensed the various processes.

Chipless RFID can operate to over 10 meters range and 256 bits of data, can cost one tenth of their silicon chip equivalents and have a greater physical performance. Chipless RFID can be materials based, or it can consist of transistorless circuits. Transparent polymer transistor circuits are now also available from Philips, PolyIC, OrganicID and Motorola among others. These directly mimic the circuit on a chip. All this will means Chipless technology is addressing mainstream RFID applications and will rapidly grow the market by price reductions of one to two magnitudes.

What you will learn

  • The world's only in depth report on Chipless RFID technologies
  • Detailed market forecasts by chipless technology from 2006 to 2016
  • Analysis of the technologies being implemented today
  • Over 200 pages and detailed case histories and company profiles of the many trials and sales successes of chipless RFID
  • Sales leads and opportunities
  • Unbiased assessment of who will be the winners and losers in the shakeout and what the future will bring

Areas covered:

  • First generation chipless - closed systems
  • Second generation chipless - potentially open systems
  • Thin Film Transistor Circuits TFTC
  • Displays and sensors for chipless RFID
  • Markets for chipless RFID 2006-2016
  • Timelines for chipless RFID market penetration
  • Supplier and developer profiles

Companies mentioned:

  • RFSAW USA
  • IBM USA
  • ACREO Sweden
  • Mreal Sweden
  • VTT Technology Finland
  • Panipol Finland
  • PolyIC Germany
  • OrganicID USA
  • 3M USA
  • Xerox/ PARC USA/ Canada
  • Plastic Logic UK
  • Toppan Printing Japan
  • Dai Nippon printing Japan

For more information visit www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c57950

SOURCE: Research and Markets