STMicroelectronics listing wireless label IC "XRA00", a quantity of 100,000 units of single price is only 5 cents. This product is suitable for logistics management. Follow the US EPCGLOBAL, INC Developed Wireless Label Standard Specifications EP CGLOBAL STANDARDS VERSION 1.0 "Class1".
However, the price of the antenna does not include the cost of the antenna and the INLET assembly cost. Need to be assembled by enterprises that purchase the IC.
Can write and read 128bit information
It has 128BIT non-volatile storage area, writable and read product code (ID). The data transfer speed is 70kbit / second when writing, and is 140kbit / sec. 10,000 times can be erased, and the data can be kept for 40 years.
The frequency band can be used to include 902MHz to 928MHz for the United States and 866MHz to 868MHz for Europe. Floor, you can read data at 10m distance. To prevent conflict (Anti-Corrosion) functions, data can be read from multiple wireless tags ICs. For example, after the checkout station in the retail store is equipped with a reader, the ID of multiple products in the shopping basket can be read at the same time.
Other features also prohibit write-to-write LOCK instructions for information in the memory, and the KILL instructions such as stopping wireless tag function such as protecting privacy after handing the goods to the customer.
XRA00 has started to ship products. It will be provided in the form of a chip of crystalline or has been subjected to a bump (BUMP). The outer shape is 180 μm angles. (Nikkei BP)
