Find out which Monza UHF RFID tag chips are best suited for your application.

1. August 2013
Choosing the Best UHF RFID Tag Chip
for Your Application

2. August 2013
Today’s Presenter & Agenda
Nikhil Deulkar
Monza Sr. Product Line Manager,
Impinj Inc.
ndeulkar@impinj.com
• Overview of Monza tag
chips
• UHF RFID Applications
• Challenges and
Solutions
• Questions & Answers

3. August 2013
About Impinj, Inc.
• Leading provider of
UHF RFID technology
• Innovative product
portfolio
– Tag chips
– Reader chips
– Readers & Antennas
• Enabling numerous
industries
– Retail
– Pharmaceutical
– Food and beverage
– Consumer electronics

4. August 2013
Monza Tag Chips
Basic
Specialty
Extended
128-bit EPC
Monza Self-Serialization
Top Encoding Speed
Industry Standard – Over 1.5 Billion chips consumed
128-bit EPC
32-bit User Memory
Orientation Insensitivity
with True3D™
496-bit Extended EPC
128-bit User Memory
Orientation Insensitivity
with True3D™
128-bit EPC
512-bit User Memory
Orientation Insensitivity
with True3D™
QT™ Privacy
128-bit EPC
2176-bit User Memory
I2C serial interface
BAP mode
128-bit EPC
8192-bit User Memory
I2C serial interface
BAP mode
Monza 4QT and Monza 4E
are also available in 8-pin
UDFN package

5. August 2013
Monza tags are available in a variety
of form-factors from various
manufacturers

6. August 2013
Top UHF RFID Applications today
Retail / Apparel
Asset Management
Supply Chain / Tracking
Authentication
Electronics People Tracking
And many more …

7. August 2013
Retail / Apparel: Inventory Accuracy
Delivers Business Results
Hundreds of tags, many hard to read can result in inaccuracies

8. August 2013
TagFocus™ Gets the Hard-to-Read
Tags
TagFocus OFF TagFocus ON
Reduce
multiple reads
by over 60%
Many tags are
read twice
during
inventory
TagFocus is available in Monza 4 and Monza 5

9. August 2013
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Meeting Industry Throughput
Demands
Service bureaus and
label converters need
to meet growing
demand
– Fast turnaround
time, short runs
– Optimized cost
structures
– Low impact on
operations
RFID encoding speed can be a barrier to meeting demand

10. August 2013
STP 2.x – Source Tagging Platform
• Built with Impinj readers, firmware and software optimized for high-
performance encoding
• Leverages industry leading performance and capabilities of Monza 5
• Enables encoding machines up to 100 m/min (300K uph)
• Kirk-Rudy, Mühlbauer and others deploying STP-enabled machines
STP 2.x + Monza 5 = Fastest encoding solution

11. August 2013
Supply Chain: Tracking items in
difficult RF environments
Little control over tag orientation makes these applications
difficult

12. August 2013
2m
6m
10m
90º
270º
180º 0º
True3D™ Enhances Read Reliability
Long range, but
orientation sensitive
Monza 4
Single Antenna Tag Monza 4
True3D Tag
Orientation insensitive and
long range
True3D™ makes Monza 4D, 4E and 4QT ideal for difficult
applications

13. August 2013
Authentication: Using Tag Identifier
(TID) as a Serial Number
Database lookup of the EPC and TID combination can be used for:
• Brand Authentication / Anti-counterfeiting
• Authentication of IDs and Documents
The TID in Monza chips includes a 48-bit Serial Number

14. August 2013
FastID™ = Faster access to TID and
EPC
Query RN16 ACK EPC Handle
Read
TID
Anybody
out there?
Yes, here’s
my RN16
Give me
your EPC
Here is
my EPC
Yes, here’s
my handle
Give me
your TID
Regular Gen2 Inventory:
Req RN TID
Here is
my TID
Access
Reader
Tag
OK, here
they are
Select
Monza Query RN16 ACK
Select all
Monza’s
Anybody
out there?
Yes, here’s
my RN16
Give me
EPC and TID
Quicker, Gen2-compliant Impinj Way:
EPC +
TID
Saved time with every read
MTP throughput  220%
DRM throughput  35%
FastID™ in Monza 4 and Monza 5 enables high-speed
authentication

15. August 2013
Asset Management: Accessing and
Updating Counters, Keys and IDs for assets
Monza 4QT and Monza 4E provide User Memory to eliminate
the need and costs of database access
Monza 4E supports up to 496-bit EPC for assets that require
Extended EPC

16. August 2013
Electronics: Intelligent RFID
RFID
Data Bus
Microprocessor
What if microprocessors inside electronics start
communicating with RFID chips?

17. August 2013
Data transfer even when the device is
powered off
BAP / Sensors Tags
Embedded Data
Loggers
Device Configuration and
Returns Management
CAN
Device
Monza X
tag
I2C Bus
Monza X-2K Dura and Monza X-8K Dura chips enable
intelligent RFID with Electronics

18. August 2013
People Tracking: Challenging
environments need top RFID system
performance
Impinj Readers, Reader Chips, Antennas and Software are
optimized for Monza tag chips to maximize performance of
RFID systems

19. August 2013
Summary
Item-level Serialization: Apparel, Footwear, Jewelry,
Cosmetics
Authentication: Luxury brands, Liquor
Difficult applications where readability is
challenging : Tires, Batteries, Metals, People,
Vehicles, Supply Chain
Extended EPC / Serial Numbers: Government
assets, Auto and Electronics components
Asset Management: Laundry, Returnable Transit
Items, Tools
Authentication: IDs/Documents, Pharmaceuticals
Electronics: Device configuration, Returns/Warranty
management, Data Logging
BAP/Sensor tags: Cold Chain, Pressure and Humidity
monitors

20. August 2013
Questions & Answers
Additional Resources
• Impinj Global Partner Network:
http://www.impinj.com/Locate_Partners.aspx
• Monza Brochure:
http://www.impinj.com/Documents/Tag_Chips/Monza_Brochure/
• Monza Datasheets:
http://www.impinj.com/support/downloadable_documents.aspx
Nikhil Deulkar
Monza Sr. Product Line Manager,
Impinj Inc.
ndeulkar@impinj.com