Impinj Introduces Monza R6-A RAIN RFID Tag Chip for European Retail Industry
September 27 2017 - 5:00AM
Impinj, Inc. (NASDAQ:PI), a leading provider and pioneer of RAIN
RFID solutions, today announced the introduction of the Monza® R6-A
tag chip. Impinj Monza chips attach to items and enable RAIN RFID
connectivity devices to determine the item's identity, location,
and authenticity. In production now, the Monza R6-A chip delivers
enhanced privacy protection, industry-leading performance and
environmental sustainability.
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Designed for the European retail market, which is
at the forefront of public policy on consumer privacy and
sustainability, the Monza R6-A tag chip helps retailers implement
“Privacy by Design” principles to protect consumer privacy. Monza
R6-A chips enhance privacy protection in RAIN RFID deployments with
short-range mode and tag deactivation via “kill” capability. When
an authorized RAIN RFID reader activates Monza R6-A’s short-range
mode, the chip’s read range is reduced by a factor of 10,
preventing the tag from responding to any reader unless the reader
is right next to the tag. Short-range mode allows retailers to
protect consumer privacy while still providing post-sale customer
service, such as returns without a receipt. Retailers can further
enhance consumer privacy with Monza R6-A chips’ kill capability,
which allows a reader to irreversibly deactivate, or kill, the chip
after item purchase.
“Consumer privacy is a very important issue both in
the RAIN RFID industry and in society generally,” said Carl Brasek,
senior director for silicon products at Impinj. “With the Monza
R6-A, we’ve found a simple and cost-effective solution that enables
retailers to get the benefits of a RAIN RFID system while still
preserving their customers’ privacy and trust.”
Like the Impinj Monza R6, the new R6-A chip
provides industry-leading performance. Retailers also benefit from
Impinj’s patented AutoTune™ technology, which improves readability
in conditions like densely stacked items, and the Impinj Integra™
diagnostics suite, which verifies tag data reliability anywhere in
the supply chain.
The Monza R6-A chip also employs Impinj’s patented
Enduro™ chip-to-antenna connectivity. This improves the
chip-to-antenna connection and performance over the life of the
tag, creating a chip well-suited for use in environmentally
friendly “green” tags made from paper and aluminum. Enduro
technology uses primarily copper, which means Monza R6-A itself has
a much smaller carbon footprint than chips that use gold. For
every billion chips produced, Monza R6-A reduces CO2 emissions by
approximately 110 metric tons compared to gold-bumped chips.
The Monza R6-A chip is GS1 Gen2V2 and ISO 18000-63
compliant and is part of the Impinj platform comprised of RAIN RFID
endpoints, connectivity, and software. Organizations around the
world use the Impinj platform to connect items to applications,
enabling the Internet of Things. Impinj’s family of Monza tag chips
have connected more than 18 billion everyday items including
apparel, sporting goods, pharmaceuticals, airline luggage and
automotive parts so businesses can make smarter business decisions,
delight customers and drive sales. For more information, please
visit www.impinj.com/platform/endpoints.
About Impinj Impinj (NASDAQ:PI)
wirelessly connects billions of everyday items such as apparel,
medical supplies, automobile parts, luggage and food to consumer
and business applications such as inventory management, patient
safety, asset tracking and item authentication. The Impinj platform
uses RAIN RFID to deliver timely information about these items to
the digital world, thereby enabling the Internet of Things.
Impinj, Monza, AutoTune, Integra, and Enduro are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Impinj, Inc. All other
trademarks are the property of their owners.
Contact: Gaylene MeyerSr. Director
CommunicationsPhone: +1
206-812-9816gmeyer@impinj.comwww.impinj.com
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