On this wikipedia page linked in by GopherT:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_key#Outlook
On section Outlook:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_key#Outlook
On section Outlook:
It says the new one use electric field, and the old ones (say 5-10 year back?) use magnetic field. So what is that 125kHz signal? Is that rf? or magnetic field? or are they interchangeable in this?<some original text removed here>
Here are some general trends of the advance (AD) and series development (SD):
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- AD: using electric field antennas instead of magnetic field antennas (cost reduction)