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Monza 5 & STP Source to speed item-level encoding

08 Apr '11

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For inlay vendors and tag manufacturers, Monza 5 tag chips provide features that enable better yields and higher quality. A patent-pending “repassivation” spacing layer makes inlay manufacture less sensitive to die-attach pressure during production, resulting in less variance and more predictable performance in the final inlay product.

Many of the world's leading RFID inlay manufacturers, including Avery Dennison, Invengo, LSIS, and UPM Raflatac are currently developing inlays with Monza 5 chips.

The STP source tagging platform enables and simplifies item-level source tagging deployments and leverages Monza chip capabilities to sustain production line throughput up to 1,750 tags per minute. More importantly, STP allows suppliers to implement either bulk encoding or in-line encoding solutions.

A bulk encoding system, which writes data to potentially hundreds of tags en masse, generally with the tags attached to items in cases, gives brand owners new flexibility in how and where they manage RFID data. An inline encoding system, which writes data to tags individually, at high speed, before the tags' application to products, mirrors existing print-oriented processes for handling variable product data. STP allows users to implement either method of encoding or a hybrid approach.

Built on the industry-leading Impinj Speedway Revolution reader with Autopilot technology, the STP platform includes high-level software API's for easy application development and application-specific antennas and operating modes tuned for inline encoding or bulk encoding. STP is a foundation for source tagging solutions that meets commercial manufacturing throughput and flexibility requirements.

Many companies are evaluating or developing solutions based on the STP source tagging platform, including Argo Wireless, Avery Dennison RBIS, Challenge Printing, Cybra, Lab ID, LS Industrial Systems, Mid-South Marking Systems, Pittsfield ID, r-pac, Tagsys RFID, Telectronica, USA ID and WS Packaging.

“Building on Impinj's industry leadership in RFID technology, Monza 5 tag chips will become the industry standard for item-level tagging,” said William Colleran Ph.D., Impinj President and CEO. “We believe Monza 5 and STP bring to market exactly what retailers, suppliers and tag manufacturers need for item-level tagging to go mainstream.”

"A well-defined approach for tag commissioning that can deliver item-level RFID tags with no encoding errors is emerging as a critical requirement in the apparel sector," states Michael Liard, Research Director for RFID and Barcode Scanning at ABI Research. "Source tagging solutions require strong throughput speed, write rate, and cost requirements. As noted in ABI Research's 2010 Passive UHF RFID Transponder IC Vendor Matrix, Impinj is positioned to innovate and implement products to meet these needs."

Impinj Inc is the world's leading innovator in UHF Gen 2 RFID solutions for both item-level and supply-chain tagging. Impinj draws on its technical expertise and industry partnerships to deliver a wide range of products and solutions, comprising high-performance tag chips, readers, reader chips, software, antennas and RFID subsystem integration.

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