Near-Field RF: An Emerging Wireless Discipline (Active RFID Summit USA 2006)

 

Dr. Hans Schantz is Q-Track's Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Scientist. Dr. Schantz co-invented NFER^® technology. His work experience includes stints with IBM, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the ElectroScience Lab of the Ohio State University, and as an instructor at the University of Alabama, Huntsville. Since 1999, Hans has been an antenna engineer responsible for the development of a variety of innovative ultra-wideband (UWB) antennas. An internationally recognized expert on electromagnetics and UWB antennas, Hans is the author of The Art and Science of UWB Antennas. Hans has published work in the American Journal of Physics, IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, and IEEE Antenna and Propagation Magazine.

He has a couple dozen conference papers, eighteen US patents, and over a dozen pending patent applications to his credit. Hans earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Texas at Austin and holds degrees in physics and industrial engineering from Purdue University.

Q-Track develops and sells active RTLS based on the company's Near-Field Electromagnetic Ranging (NFER®) technology. NFER® technology is a radically new form of wireless tracking that brings real-time locating systems (RTLS) to the most difficult indoor environments. NFER® systems operate under Part 15 power levels in the AM broadcast band (530-1710kHz). By exploiting the properties of long wavelength, low frequency signals, NFER® systems deliver better propagation and near immunity from the multipath that plagues high frequency "solutions." Still in the prototype stage, Q-Track offers QT^(TM)-400 Starter Kits for sale to early adopters and strategic partners interested in evaluating the technology.