RFID / NFC
Radio Frequency Identification, is a technology that enables simple, secure and fast identification of things, persons and animals. It is mainly made for very short ranges, with one exception, the UHF based RFID called RAIN-RFID for mid range identification, used mainly in logistics.
Contrary to RAIN the NFC called Near Field Communication is a sub-set of RFID for very short distance and identification with very high security e.g. in Payment solutions.
RFID Chips and devices are divided into two categories for different functionality. The more complex RFID-Reader, is usually not battery driven, being the active device. The RFID-Tag is the most popular passive device, triggered by and responding to the information sent by the Reader.
RFID works in different frequencies:
- UHF - 868 / 915 MHz - RAIN RFID
- HF - 13.56 MHz - RFID / NFC
- LF - 120-150 kHz - RFID
Avnet Silica supports RFID technologies via our franchise partners.
Find the right supplier in the table below or contact your Avnet Silica sales person for advice.
| Products and features | Tag Chips LF | Tag Chips HF / NFC | Tag Chips UHF | Reader Chips LF | Reader Chips and Controllers HF / NFC | Reader Chips UHF | Complete Readers and Gateways | Mifare | ISO/IEC14443 | ISO/IEC15693 | ISO/IEC180x and 21481(NFC) | ISO/IEC 18000-6x and 29143 RAIN | EPC Gen2 | Sensor Tags | Secure Options |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | 125 kHz |
13.56 MHz |
840-960 MHz |
125 kHz |
13.56 MHz |
840-960 MHz |
840-960 MHz |
13.56 MHz |
13.56 MHz |
13.56 MHz |
13.56 MHz |
840-960 MHz |
840-960 MHz |
13.56 MHz |
13.56 MHz 840-960 MHz |
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| Impinj | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||||
| NXP | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| STMicroelectronics | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||