On top UCODE 7 offers a Tag Power Indicator for RFID tag initialization optimization and a Product Status Flag for Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) application.
Features
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
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, including 48-bit unique serial number
EPC Gen2 v2.0 ready
Memory
Up to 128-bit of EPC memory
Supports pre-serialization for 96-bit EPC
96-bit Tag IDentifier (TID) factory locked
48-bit unique serial number factory-encoded into TID
No User Memory
32-bit kill password to permanently disable the tag
32-bit access password
Wide operating temperature range: -40 °C up to +85 °C
Minimum 100.000 write cycle endurance
Key benefits
End user benefit
Long READ and WRITE ranges due to leading-edge chip sensitivity
Very fast bulk encoding
Product identification through unalterable extended TID range, including a 48-bit serial number
Reliable operation in dense reader and noisy environments through high interference rejection
Antenna design benefits
High sensitivity enables smaller and cost efficient antenna designs for the same retail category
Tag Power Indicator features enables very high density of inlay on rolls without crosstalk issues during writing/encoding
The different input capacitance for the single slit antenna solution provides an additional possibility in tuning of the impedance for the antenna design
Label manufacturer benefit
Large RF pad-to-pad distance to ease antenna design
Symmetric RF inputs are less sensitive to process variation
Single slit antenna for a more mechanically stable antenna connection
Pre-serialization of the 96-bit EPC
Extremely fast encoding of the EPC content
Supported features
All mandatory commands of EPC global specification V.1.2.0 are implemented including:
(Perma)LOCK
Kill Command
The following optional commands are implemented in conformance with the EPC specification:
Access
BlockWrite (2 words, 32-bit)
Product Status Flag bit: enables the UHF RFID tag to be used as EAS (Electronic Article Surveillance) tag without the need for a back-end database.
Tag Power Indicator: enables the reader to select only ICs/tags that have enough power to be written to.
Parallel encoding: allows for the ability to bring (multiple) tag(s) quickly to the OPEN state and hence allowing single tags to be identified simply, without timing restrictions, or multiple tags to be e.g. written to at the same time, considerably reducing the encoding process
All supported features of UCODE 7 can be activated using standard EPCglobal READ / WRITE / ACCESS / SELECT commands. No custom commands are needed to take advantage of all the features in case of unlocked EPC memory. The parallel encoding feature may however require a firmware upgrade of the reader to use its full potential.