Sensors & Electronics
Awards & Recognition
R&D 100 Awards
Long-Range Semi-Passive Radio Frequency Identification System.
2001 - Long-Range Semi-Passive Radio Frequency Identification System
Developers: Ron W. Gilbert, Curt Carrender, Jeff W. Scott, Jeff R. Cole, Norman Hansen (all formerly PNNL, now with Wave ID Corp.), Kerry D. Steele, and Gordon A. Anderson (PNNL)
The long-range semi-passive radio frequency identification (RFID) system was developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and commercialized and marketed by the newly formed Wave ID company. These unique semi-passive RF tags can identify, locate, and even determine the condition of any item to which it is attached. In an inventory application, this system significantly reduces the time to count, locate, monitor, and control distribution of resources ranging from commercial commodities (such as clothing, blood plasma, and perishable foods) to military equipment and personnel in the field. Inventories of items in large warehouses or stores can be completed in minutes instead of days, and the location of specific items can be found within the warehouse in a moment's notice.
Excerpted from PNNL R&D 100 webpage.
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