Active RFID - Sensor Networks

Source: Technology Digital

Date :11/28/2007 12:43:21 PM

The term Active RFID incorporates many technologies. Though its takeup in many sectors has been slow to date, it will grow elevenfold in the next decade, so prepare to invest, says Raghu Das.

Active RFID, where a battery drives the tag, is responsible for an increasing percentage of the money spent in the RFID market. It will rise from 12.7 percent of the total RFID market this year to 26.3 percent in 2017, amounting to a huge $7.07 billion market. If we include the market for cellphone RFID modules (another form of active RFID), the market is an additional $0.44 billion in 2007 and

$1.2 billion in 2017.

Factors driving growth

The primary factors creating this growth will be Real Time Location Systems (RTLS), and ubiquitous RFID sensor systems (mainly disposable), including ones in the form of Smart Active Labels (SALs). Conventional active RFID used where passive solutions are inadequate and RFID modules for mobile phones will make up the rest…

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