Contact Information

The Adelaide Auto-ID Lab
School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering
The University of Adelaide,
South Australia 5005, Australia.
Tel: (+61 8) 8303-4711
Fax: (+61 8) 8303-4360
info@autoidlab...

Research Papers

White Papers and Achieved Papers

• Ph.D. Theses:
  
  Ph.D Theses of Kin Seong Leong and Mun Leng Ng may be downloaded from the following links:
  
  
  • Antenna Positioning Analysis and Dual-Frequency Antenna Design of High Frequency Ratio for Advanced Electronic Code Responding Labels
    
    
  • Design of High Performance RFID Systems for Metallic Item Identification
    
    

• Pork CRC:
  
  
  

  The Auto-ID Lab, Adelaide continues to develop animal ear tags for the Pork CRC at both HF and UHF tags. We are currently looking at over-molding existing ear tags that will house our prototypes, ready for field trials in Q3, 2007. The prototype tags will be using ISO 18000 Part 3 Mode 1 devices, supplied by Texas Instruments (via Australian Distributor Electro-com ) and Philips for HF systems, and ISO 18000 Part 6 Type C (EPCglobal C1G2 V1.0.9) supplied by Alien Technologies for UHF systems.

• Joint Strike Fighter (JSF):
  
  
  

  The Auto-ID Lab, Adelaide last year submitted an application for funding to undertake R&D into "RFID Tags for Critical JSF Components/Sub-Assemblies" on the Joint Strike Fighter. Our proposal was the only proposal from the University of Adelaide, and one of ten around Australia that received an "endorsed" status. We have received funding to develop a business plan, which will be submitted in Q1, 2007.
  
  A presentation on the project can be downloaded by clicking here

• ID Matching Project:
  
  

  Dr Behnam Jamali will be collaborating with Auto-ID Lab Cambridge in the development of an RFID technology matching project which will take the form of a database. The database can be used by the sponsors of the Auto-ID Labs to find the most appropriate technology which matches their application.

• Research projects partially funded by EPCGlobal via MIT:
  
  
  • 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 Regulations.
  • High security authentication tags.
  • Dual 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.
  • Analysis of measuring equipment, i.e. understanding the test regulations with respect to the forms of signalling employed by RFID readers.
  • Analysis and development of reader architectures.
  • Autonomously networking tags (Class IV).
  • Trigger circuits for battery assisted tags.
  • An analysis of noise sources in RFID readers.
  • Universal Class 2 tags.
  • Filters that may be required to reduce spurious emissions.
  • 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.

• Commercial Contract Research
  
  
  Commercial contract research can be undertaken by the Auto-ID Lab Adeladie by RFID Automation. The advantages are that such research is seperated from that reseach funded by EPCglobal, and can be protected via the University's commercialisation company Adelaide Research & Innovation Pty. Ltd.

• Core Research:
  
  Research in Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tags
  Provide professional advice on the EPC tags protocol
  Creating a market where RFID technology are freely accessible
  

• Applied Research: