DATA BRIEF

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Rev. 2

August 2005

1/8

8

XRAG2

UHF, EPCglobal Class-1 Generation-2, Contactless Memory Chip

432 bit with Multi-session Protocol, Anti-collision and Kill functions

Features summary

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EPCglobal Class-1 Generation-2 specification

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Passive Operation (no battery required)

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UHF Carrier Frequencies from 860 MHz to

960 MHz ISM Band which comply with:

– North American regulations

– European regulations

– and other countries where similar

regulations apply

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To the XRAG2:

– Asynchronous 90% SSB-ASK, DSB-ASK

or PR-ASK modulation using Pulse Interval

Encoding (Up to 128 kbps)

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From the XRAG2:

– Backscattered reflective answers using

FM0 or Miller bit coding (up to 640 kbps)

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432-bit memory with two possible

configurations:

– 3 memory banks: 64-bit TID, 304-bit EPC

and 64-bit RESERVED

– 4 memory banks: 128-bit USER, 64-bit TID,

176-bit EPC and 64-bit RESERVED

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Multi-session protocol

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Anti-collision functionality

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Inventory, Read, Write and Erase features

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Kill command

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100-ms Programming Time (max) for 288-bit

programming (EPC code, Protocol Control bits

and CRC16)

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More than 10,000 Write/Erase cycles

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Over 40 Year Data Retention

Figure 1.

Delivery forms

Unsawn unbumped wafers

or

sawn and bumped wafers

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