New Attitudes to UHF Revealed in Tokyo and Cambridge UK

IDTechEx does not believe that a lower cost for Near Field UHF vs HF for item level tagging systems has yet been proven. The saving in the printed antenna may be offset by the fact that UHF may never be one bandwidth, frequency, signalling protocol or power level under radio regulations across the world and workrounds cost money, whereas HF is a simpler, well proven prospect. Near Field readers need a different antenna from Far Field but the electronics can be the same.