Ten Inlay Manufacturers Choose TI's Silicon for Range of New RFID Tags

Ten Inlay Manufacturers Choose TI's Silicon for Range of New RFID Tags

March 29, 2007

Companies Convert TI Gen 2 and HF Silicon into Tags for
Authentication, Asset Tracking and Retail Supply Chain
Applications

    DALLAS, March 29 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Ten inlay
manufacturers have chosen radio frequency identification
(RFID) silicon from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI)
(NYSE: TXN) to power a range of new tags designed for
retail supply chain, asset tracking and authentication
applications.  Representing established corporations and
newer RFID inlay providers based in North America, Europe
and Asia, the companies are using TI's EPC Generation 2
(Gen 2) Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) silicon in strap and
wafer forms, and its High-Frequency (HF) ISO/IEC 15693
silicon.  TI's strength in semiconductor manufacturing and
its RF expertise are enabling customers to bring products
to market quickly, and capitalize on new RFID tag
applications such as Gen 2 strap on label and
authentication of brand goods.	

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    Checkpoint Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CKP), a manufacturer
and marketer of RF- and RFID-based solutions for
identification, tracking, security and merchandising
applications, is offering two new EPC Gen 2 labels, using
TI silicon and RF antennas, that were jointly developed by
the two companies.  The labels, available in 2 x 4 inch and
4 x 4 inch sizes, also incorporate the new Checksi
Checkpoint RFID straps.  Samples will be shown in both the
Checkpoint Systems' (#701) and Texas Instruments' (Booth
#1501) booths at RFID World 2007.

    UPM Raflatac, a manufacturer of RFID tags and inlays,
has developed a new HF inlay to tag consumer products at
the item-level using TI's 256-bit ISO/IEC 15693 silicon. 
Applying RFID technology to individual items such as brand
apparel, cosmetics, sports memorabilia and pharmaceuticals
can help deter theft in the supply chain and ultimately
protect brand value.  TI's HF-I silicon enables UPM
Raflatac to produce a tag that is small enough to
accommodate the range of product shapes and sizes being
tagged, along with the necessary memory to store important
product information.  

    Other companies who have chosen TI silicon include Hana
RFID, Mu-Gahat, RCD Technology, and WaveZero who are using
TI Gen 2 silicon and straps to support their inlay
manufacturing processes for retail, supply chain, logistics
and government applications.  RFID inlay companies SAG,
Tagstar Systems, and Tatwah Smartech are manufacturing HF
inlays for asset tracking applications using TI's new HF-I
silicon.  Tyco Electronics Corporation is developing RFID
tags using TI's HF and UHF silicon.  All of the companies
will use TI's silicon chips for direct die attach while RCD
Technology will use TI's silicon and strap for both direct
die and strap attach methods.  

    Offering design flexibility to customers, TI provides
its Gen 2 silicon to inlay, label and packaging
manufacturers in three convenient forms: bare wafers to
support various assembly processes; processed wafers
(bumped, sawn with back grind) suitable for immediate use
with commercially available inlay equipment; and silicon
chip on strap for label and packaging manufacturers who are
printing their own antennas.  The company's HF silicon is
available in both bare and processed wafer forms.  TI is
also offering reference antenna designs to enable customers
to develop labels and tags which optimize its Gen 2 and HF
RFID silicon.

    "As a co-inventor of the RFID inlay, we're
leveraging our expertise along with our advanced Gen 2 and
HF silicon to help customers bring to market a range of
innovative new RFID tags," said Jeff Kohnle, director
of business development for asset tracking, Texas
Instruments RFid Systems. 

    For more information on TI's Gen 2 and HF silicon and
straps, please visit http://www.ti.com/rfid .

    About Texas Instruments

    Texas Instruments is the world's largest integrated
manufacturer of radio frequency identification (RFID)
transponders and reader systems. Capitalizing on its
competencies in high-volume semiconductor manufacturing and
microelectronics packaging, TI is a visionary leader and at
the forefront of establishing new markets and international
standards for RFID applications. For more information,
contact TI-RFid Systems(TM) at 1-800-962-RFID (7343) (North
America) or [phone] (International), or visit the
Web site at http://www.ti-rfid.com .

    Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP
and analog technologies to meet our customers' real world
signal processing requirements.  In addition to
Semiconductor, the company includes the Educational &
Productivity Solutions business.  TI is headquartered in
Dallas, Texas, and has manufacturing, design or sales
operations in more than 25 countries.

    Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol TXN. More information is located
on the World Wide Web at http://www.ti.com .

    Trademarks

    TI-RFid is a trademark of Texas Instruments.  All other
trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their
respective owners.


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