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Auto-ID Lab ADELAIDE(RFID Automation)

Alfio GrassoDeputy Director

Auto-ID Lab Adelaide

General ManagerRFID Automation

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RFID Expertise

Auto ID Lab (8) Director of Laboratory (1) Deputy Director (1) Post Doctoral Engineer (1) PhD Candidates (3) Masters Candidate (2)

Millions of tags sold throughout the world

Commercialisation experience

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Peter Cole - Director

Prof Peter Cole First RFID patents back to 1968 Established TABTEK Electronics (1980)

Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) devices Established Integrated Silicon Design

(1984) Microwave Back-scatter Technology (MBS) Sold to Gemplus in 1999

Established Transponder Australia (1985) Passive sub-harmonic transponder

RFID Chair established (2001) Auto ID Lab, Adelaide established (2002) Acknowledged World Leader in RFID Patents in RFID (32 - granted)

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Alfio Grasso – Deputy Director

Alfio Grasso 26 years experience in RFID (SAW and MBS) Project Editor ISO 18000-6 Engineering Manager (RFID systems)

13.56MHz, 27 MHz, 433MHz, UHF, and 2.45 GHz RFID Installations in various industries

Electronic Toll Collection Mining Sugar Rail Vehicle access Library Manufacturing

Consultant to EPCglobal Australia

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Post Graduates & Researchers

Behnam Jamali (Post Doctoral Engineer) Low power analogue CMOS circuits and efficient rectifiers. Data Logging Readers

Kin Seong Leong (PhD Candidate) Dense Reader Analysis Dual Frequency Antennas

Mun Leng Ng (PhD Candidate) Metallic Item Identification

Raja Ghosal (PhD Candidate)Damith Ranasinghe (Masters Candidate)

Electromagnetic coupling, encryption, and authentication

Manfred Jantscher (Overseas Masters Candidate)

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Adelaide, Auto-ID Lab

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Three entities

Auto-ID Lab EPCglobal research

via sub-award from MIT

RFID Automation Contract Research

Australasian Adoption Research Initiative RFID adoption, Networking, Resources

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Adelaide, Auto-ID Lab

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Background

Established in 2002 by the Auto-ID Center, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Now partially funded by EPCglobal Inc, via MIT

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One of 7 AutoID Labs around the world MIT, USA Cambridge, UK Adelaide, Australia Keio, Japan Fudan, China St Gallen, Switzerland ICU, Korea

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Research Projects

The design of cost effective and small footprint tag antennas, suitable for attachment onto metal surfaces.Interference studies in high density reader environments.Electromagnetic propagation studies applicable to European RegulationsHigh security authentication tagsDual frequency tags, ones that employ UHF techniques for supply chain applications and then HF for item management applications.Passive RFID chip design (modules for implementation)Analysis and measurement of new forms of reader to tag signalling

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Research Projects Cont

Analysis of measuring equipment, i.e. understanding the test regulations with respect to the forms of signalling employed by RFID readersAnalysis and development of reader architecturesAutonomously networking tags (Class IV)Trigger circuits for battery assisted tags.An analysis of noise sources in RFID readersUniversal Class 2 tagsFilters that may be required to reduce spurious emissions (Japan and Australia)The use of LF RFID in applications where HF and UHF may not provide an adequate RFID solution, such as in granular media.Merged EAS and RFID tag

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RFID Automation(Contract Research)

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RFID Automation

RFID Automation

Web page www.rfidautomation.org

Established to source Research projects for the Auto ID Lab

To-date Three consultancies One Research Contract

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Research Services

IT system development Real time decisions from real time data Zero Human Involvement Operations (OHIO) Development of knowledge based systems

that learn management expertise

Specialised Label Design Tags placed on or near metal Compact label design 3D antenna structures

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Contract Research

Separate from the EPCglobal funded work

Commercial Infrastructure Adelaide Research & Innovation Pty Ltd

Intellectual Property Protection

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Australasian Adoption Research Initiative

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Australasian Adoption Research Initiative

Established in April 2005Mechanism for the Auto-ID Lab, Adelaide to conduct research into RFID that is relevant to Australian and New Zealand industry.Foster adoption of the RFID technology being developed by EPCglobal. Enables participation by companies across a broad range of industries and applications, to network and gain access to the wealth of expertise and experience in RFID.Act as Industry Reference Group for the adoption of RFID including consultation and advice to SMEs and Governments.

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Benefits of membership

Opportunity to input into the direction of research programsAccess to hosted visits at the Labs Invitations to industry networking meetings designed to

keep you informed of key technical and management issues and industry developments

enable you to meet your peers in an informal setting (usually over dinner at a university site) to facilitate business relationships

Access to technology advances through regular activity reports issued by the LabReceive notices of specialist RFID related seminarsReceive periodic reports on EPCglobal’s HAG and SAG action groupsPriority access to personnel at Auto ID Labs Adelaide as well as access to extensive test equipment on agreed basisAbility to access information on RFID vendors and solution providers and have the ability to check their compliance statementsCustomised meetings – arrange presentations seminars and laboratory visits for members in response to requests for university research contacts

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Why RFID expertise is needed

Installing RFID is a black artLack of skilled RFID techniciansExisting IT infrastructures need to be upgradedIntegrating RFID with back end systems will take monthsRFID systems may require changes to non RFID friendly assetsBusiness processes need to be changed

Source: RFID Journal

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Further Information

Alfio GrassoDeputy DirectorAuto-ID Lab, AdelaideGeneral Manager

RFID AutomationUniversity of AdelaideWeb: www.rfidautomation.orgEmail : alf@rfidautomation.orgPh: (08) 8303 6473Mob: 0402 037 968

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