RFID passportsHow does is work? Step by step

By: Einav Mimram

RFID- basic information RFID- Radio Frequency IDentification System that contains a tag, a reader

and a computer software that uses radio waves in order to transfer information.

In passport RFID chip in a passport holds all of the

passport’s printed details (name, date of birth, nationality).

This chip can be read remotely by a reader that stored in the border control.

It is hard to fake this kind of passport. Uses passive RFID tag- very cheap.

RFID system  Consists a tag and a reader. Tag:

On the passport. Includes the RFID microchip very small (size of

few rice grains), contains the passport’s identification details, can be update

Includes an antenna Reader:

At the border control to which the tag return its signal Includes an antenna

Software In the computer Database

How does it work?

Data is stored within the RFID tag's microchip as an unique serial number (Electronic Product Code ).

The RFID tag is stored in the cover page of the passport

the microchip discharges it’s EPC number to the tag’s antenna.

How does it work? In the moment when the passport goes close to a

RFID reader (distance of 10 ft), The tag’s antenna transmits the code to the reader’s antenna.

The reader’s antenna sends the code to the software

The software converts the number into digital data The software sends the data to a secure world-

wide database, and the person who looks at the database make sure that you are a traveler (and not a terrorist, etc.)

Area of impact 2.1 business & employment

Transportation

Sources http://www.x-check.co.uk/RFIDsolutions.htm http://www.galbital.com/technology.htm http

://www.ehow.com/about_6331245_id-stored-rfid-chip_.html

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2006-09-28-passport-scanners_x.htm

http://www.logsystems.hu/index.php?module=&menuid=2&subid=&id=&lang=en