E

E field coupling, 120

EAS (electronic article surveillance), 244

EasyReader tool

overview, 218–219, 218

for QC processes, 176–178, 176

for radiation containment, 217

for reader optimization, 186

EasyTag tool, 100, 101, 212

eCom standards, 242

EEDs (electro-explosive devices), 247

effective isotropically radiated power (EIRP), 238, 240

effective radiated power (ERP), 13

in European standards, 238

reader settings, 213

restrictions, 29–30

electric field vectors, 8–10

electric fields, 3–4

electric flux density, 10

electric flux vectors, 8–9

electrical characteristics of cable, 132

electrical connections in installation, 184

electro-explosive devices (EEDs), 247

electromagnetic interference, 132

electromagnetic radiation (EMR), 2–3, 244

far field, 4–6

near field, 3–4

electronic article surveillance (EAS), 244

electronic product code (EPC) technology, 86, 90–92

electrostatic discharge (ESD), 184

in printer installation, 150–151

reader damage from, 188

tag damage from, 212

electrostatics, 8

embedded passive tags, 98

EMR (electromagnetic radiation), 2–3, 244

far field, 4–6

near field, 3–4

enclosure ratings, 245

encoding schemes

EPC, 243

subcarrier, 43, 91, 95–96

tags, 154–155

end connectors, 133–134

Engels, Daniel, 127

engineering drawings, 58

enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, 155

environment

for tags, 99, 105

in troubleshooting, 205–206

environmental coincidences, 7

EPC (electronic product code) technology, 86, 90–92

EPCglobal organization

classes, 90–91

standards by, 242–244

website, 267

ERP (effective radiated power), 13

in European standards, 238

reader settings, 213

restrictions, 29–30

ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems, 155

ESD (electrostatic discharge), 184

in printer installation, 150–151

reader damage from, 188

tag damage from, 212

etching process, 94

ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute), 238–239

Europe, standards and regulations in, 236–239

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, 246

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC), 237

European Committee for Standardization (CEN), 236

European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT), 237–238

European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), 238–239

exception handling, 159

execution coordination information, 181

exposure, radiation, 246–247

Extended Markup Language (XML), 155

external interference, 37

extreme temperatures and tags, 99