UCODE 7 for Best-in-Class RFID tagging - NXP-RFID

NXP IC UCODE 7
NXP IC UCODE 7m
UCODE 7 for Best-in-Class RFID tagging
The latest generation of NXP’s UCODE family delivers best-in-class RF performance and
features, and is optimized for use in the most demanding RFID tagging applications.
KEY FEATURES
`` Read sensitivity -21 dBm
`` Write sensitivity -16 dBm
`` Parallel encoding mode: 100 items in 60 ms
`` Encoding speed: 16 bits per millisecond
`` Innovative functionalities
- Tag Power indicator
- Automatic self pre-serialization for 96-bit EPC
- Integrated Product Status Flag (PSF)
`` Compatible with single-slit antenna
`` Up to 128-bit EPC
`` 96-bit Unique Tag Identifier (TID) factory locked
- With 48-bit unique serial number
`` 32 bit user memory (UCODE 7m only)
`` EPC Gen2 v2.0 ready
KEY BENEFITS
`` High-performance versatile global tags
`` Smaller tags for existing and new solutions
`` Fastest encoding speed
`` Faster unique EPC encoding
`` Higher printer throughput
`` More mechanically stable antenna connection
`` Easier design of label antenna
APPLICATIONS
`` Inventory and supply-chain efficiency plus brand protection
solutions for apparel and footwear, fast-moving consumer
goods (FMCG), pharmaceuticals, etc.
NXP UCODE 7 is particularly well suited for use in inventory
and supply-chain efficiency applications, as well as brand
protection. Best-in-class RF performance for any given antenna
form factor gives UCODE 7 the ability to perform long-range,
fast, and accurate inventory of dense RFID tag populations.
The device features automatic self pre-serialization for 96-bit
EPC, and a parallel encoding feature. By combining the two,
the same 58-bit Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) can be encoded on
multiple tags at the same time, so tag initialization is much
faster and simpler.
`` Automatic self-preserialization for a 96-bit Electronic
Product Code (EPC) dramatically simplifies and speeds up
the encoding scheme of the EPC since only the 58-bit SKU
data needs to be encoded. This serialization is automatically
active any time the lower 38-bit content of the EPC number
is kept to “0000…” and complies to the multi-vendor chip
serialization (MCS) scheme.
`` Single-slit antenna compatibility enables simpler antenna
design. The extra input capacitance also provides margin for
optimization of UCODE 7 to different antenna designs.
`` Parallel encoding considerably lowers the encoding time.
This is especially true when coupled with the automatic self
pre-serialization feature of UCODE 7, which means that only
the same Stock Keeping Unit data needs to be encoded.
`` The Product Status Flag (PSF) can easily be used as a flag
for Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS), a flag for quality
checks, or similar indicators.
SELECT on
Parallel
encoding bit
QUERY (Q=0)
`` The Tag Power indicator allows the inlay manufacturer to
avoid crosstalk during tag initialization in a dense environment
of tags, even though the reader may read more than one tag.
Power level for
READ WRITE
READER
Command
too low too low
TAG 1
OK too low
Processing
Tags
OK OK
TAG 2
Processing
OK too low
TAG n
Processing
Only this tag
will select
itself
All UCODE 7 tags receive the Command
Parallel encoding with UCODE 7
too low too low
1
UCODE 7 Tag Power indicator
UCODE 7 EPC 96-bit
E280 6810 0000 00
00 (2-bit)
Serial number (38-bit)
58-bit SKU
111
(NXP)
TID+XTID header
(48-bit)
E280 6810 2000
Upper 13-bit Serial number
Lower 35-bit from TID SNR
Lower 35-bit Serial number
48-bit Serial number
UCODE 7 TID 96-bit
Compatible with single-slit antennas
Pre-serialization of the 96-bit EPC
Product
Delivery form
Type
UCODE 7
Bumped die on sawn 8", 120 µm thickness wafer with 7µm Polyimide layer
SL3S1204FUD/BG
UCODE 7m
Bumped die on sawn 8", 120 µm thickness wafer with 7µm Polyimide layer
SL3S1214FUD/BG
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