UHF C1G2(US)

TITANTAG™

BladeFrequency

UHF

ProtocolISO18000-6-C
EPC C1G2Region

USDimensions (mm)

W139 H06 T4.1

Silicon chip

Alien Higgs3 (SOT-323)

Memory (bits)

TOTAL 800
EPC up to 480
User up to 512

Metal friendly

Both on/off metal

Reads up to meters

6.5 (On metal)
5.5 (Off metal)

Operating temperature-45<>85℃

Storage temperature-45<>150℃

IP class

IP68

Year of release2012

Product code

138641U

Silicon chips

W*H*T(mm)Read (up to meters)
On metal

Off metal

13*7*2.1

0.20.215*10*2.1

0.20.326*10*2.1

0.7

0.5

Alien Higgs3

26*10*3.1

1.00.6

Inch SQ

Alien Higgs3

26*26*3.1

1.5

1.0

Inch SQ HT

Alien Higgs3

26*26*2.5

2.0n/aTray NM

Impinj Monza4

35*15*3.1n/a

1.0

Smallest

Alien Higgs3

38*10*3.1

2.5

1.0

Smallest AC

Alien Higgs3

38*10*3.1

2.5

0.5

Smallest MAG

Alien Higgs3

38*10*4.8

2.0n/aNail1/2

Alien Higgs3

Nail

Alien Higgs3

Inch TN

Alien Higgs3

InchTray U

Alien Higgs3

40*13*4.1

3.0

2.0

Smallest NM

Alien Higgs3

45*10*3.1n/a3.5

SpiralAlien Higgs3

45*44*1.4

n/a1.0Strip

Alien HIggs3

60*6*3.1

2.00.5Laundry

Alien Higgs3

68*9 *0.4

n/a5.0General TN

Alien Higgs3

75*16*2.1

2.5

2.0

GeneralAlien Higgs3

75*16*3.1

3.5

2.0

General AC

Alien Higgs3

75*16*3.1

3.5

2.0

Basic

Alien Higgs3

92*16*3.1

3.5

1.0

Basic MAG

Alien Higgs3

92*16*5.2

4.0

n/a

Basic L

Alien Higgs3

110*20*3.1

6.5

3.0

PalletAlien Higgs3

94*11*1.4

n/a5.0

SecureAlien Higgs3

95*25*3.1

5.5

8.0

Secure HT

Alien Higgs3

95*25*2.5

5.5

n/aBlade

Alien Higgs3

139*6*4.0

6.5

5.5

Fastener

Alien Higgs3

148*18*3.1

7.0

9.0

Fastener MAG

Alien Higgs3

148*18*7.1

7.0n/aFastener TK

Alien Higgs3

148*18*4.1

12.0

11.0

4KB5M

Fujitsu 803A

152*30*4.1

3.5

2.5

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www.rfcamp.com1[1] Blade Feature[3] Key materials and processes
Silicon chip Alien Higgs3 – SOT Packaged Chip for Soldering• Read sensitivity of -20dBm – Best performing among UHF Gen 2 RFID chips• Total 800bits memory – EPC 96bits (extensible to 480bits), User 512bits, TID 64 bits,Access& Kill password each 32bits and Lock password 64bits• Most widely adopted chip for metal mounting UHF RFID tags
• RFcamp has adopted Alien Higgs3 since year of 2008.
www.alientechnology.com/wp-content/uploads/ALC-360%20Higgs3%202014-12-21.pdf

Antenna PCB FR4, Copper etched, Gold plated• FR4 (Fire retardant 4, composed of woven fiberglass cloth with an epoxy resinbinder) – Most stable and widely applied antenna materials in recent 30 years
worldwide, with highest durability and consistent electrical property• Copper etched antenna has much higher accuracy with lower tolerance thanaluminum etched antenna and conductive ink printed antenna, which makes tag
performance more consistent with lower read range variance.
• Gold is plated on chip bonded area of copper etched antenna, in order to enhancechip adhesion on antenna as well as electrical interconnection with antenna.

[2] Blade Dimensions (mm)T=4.1mm

Packaging Double layer PCBs, laminated under high temperature and pressure• Tag antenna has convoluted structure of two or three layers with copper groundplane, so tag is composed of double layer PCBs, tightly combined and laminatedunder high pressure and temperature of 200℃ for >2 hours.
• Many tag makers copy TITANTAG™ in appearance, but they can not copy tags’
durability and read consistency.
• Surface of PCBs is coated with TOYO (black) PSR, best of kind which can protect itagainst electrical stress and water ingression.

Chip bonding Soldering by SMT (Surface Mounting Technology)• Unlike other TITAN tags processed by wire bonding, BLADE is processed bysoldering, due to its slim (6mm) and thick (4.1mm) tag feature.
• Soldering, though even more expensive than flip chop bonding, is most stable inelectrical interconnection and durable in mechanical and temperature stresses.

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2• Comparison: on vs. off metal
MHz[4] Blade Performance• Performance table (www.satcomresources.com/ERP-EIRP-Converter)
Up to meters*

On metal

Off metal

2W ERP**

6.5

5.5

2W EIRP***

4.0

3.0

890-

895

900

905

915

920

925

930

935

940

4.25 -

4.50-

4.25 -

3.00-1.50-

0.25

0.75

Secure

3.25

2.50

1.25

0.25 -

1.25 -

2.50-

3.25 -

3.00-

2.00-

0.50

0.75

Basic L

1.50--

1.50 -

3.00-

4.50 -

4.75-

3.75 -

2.00-

0.25

1.50

3.00

4.00

2.00
Blade

915

920

925

930

935

930

935

940

On metal -0.25-

1.00 -

2.25-

3.25 -

4.25-

4.50-

4.25 -

3.00-

1.50 -

0.25

0.75

5.00-

4.75 -

4.50-

4.25 -

4.00-

3.75-

4.00 -

3.75-

3.50 -

3.00-

3.00

900

905

925

930

895

910

915

920

935

940

On metal•BLADE reads shorter by 20% or less off metal (or on non metal surface). It can beapplied for BOTH metal and off metal application.

• Comparison: with metal bolt in vs. without it inMHz

910

925-6.00

3.25-

905

920

Off metal

2.25 -

900

915

-4.00

1.00-

895

dBm
910

Off metal -890

0.25 -

890

905

-2.00

*dBm

910

900-

• Comparison with neighboring tags
MHz895

2.00* Measured at anechoic chamber, national lab. (www.iot.nipa.kr) ,South Korea** Measured by Alien Reader 9900+ (www.alientechnology.com)*** Measured by ATID Handheld AT880 (www.atid1.com)

Blade

890

890

895

900

905

910

915

920

dBm
925

930

935

940

w/o bolt -0.25-

1.00 -

2.25-

3.25 -

4.25-

4.50-

4.25 -

3.00-

1.50 -

0.25

0.75

w/t bolt

1.00

2.25

3.25

4.00

4.50

5.00

5.00

5.75

6.75

7.50

8.25

10.00

Secure940-2.00

Basic L

5.00
w/o bolt--4.00

-5.00

890

895

900

905

910

915

920

925

930

935

940

w/t bolt-6.00-10.00•BLADE reads up to 6.5 meters on metal, 20% longer than SECURE and 10% shorter
than FASTENER. Its read performance is best among similar slim size metal tags withsuch low profile of 4mm thickness.
•It s read performance varies upon tag location, orientation, direction, RFenvironments, etc. As its sensitivity curve shows, slope is steeper than any other
TITAN TAG, due to its extreme slimness, and its performance is more affected byenvironmental factors.

•BLADE reads best without any metal bolt in two holes. With RF interference, metalbolts decreases read range by 40% or more. RFcamp recommends not using metalbolts, but 3M 300LSE adhesive or glue for maintaining optimum read performance. Incase adhesive or glue can not be used, polycarbonate (or nylon) bolts is recommended.

*dBm : Minimum power tag needs in order to respond to RFID reader.

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3[5] Blade Durability• Chemical stress• Temperature stress
Test methods

Descriptions

Chemicals

Pass/FailPass

150℃, 6hrs

Stored in convection oven at 150C, 6hrs

-45<>85℃, 50 cycles

Stored in temperature shock chamber for 50 cycles– One cycle includes 30 min. at-45C, 30min, transition, 30min. at 85C and 30min.
transition.

Pass

85℃/85%, 24hrs

Stored in humidity chamber at 85C/85%RH for 24hours

Pass

Boling water, 6 hrs

Immersed in boiling water for 6 hours

Pass

Descriptions

Pass/FailAlkali

NaOH (10%, pH13) | Immersed 24 hrs.

Pass

Acid

Sulfuric acid (10%, pH2) | Immersed 24 hrs.

Pass

Petroleum

Gasoline, Diesel, Kerosene, lubricating oil |Immersed 24 hrs.

Pass

Alcohol

Methanol, Ethanol | Immersed 24 hrs.

Pass

Surfactant

Solvent for metal tool oils | Immersed 24 hrs.

Pass

Salt water

IEC60068-2-11

Pass• Ingression www.dsmt.com/resources/ip-rating-chart
IP ClassIP68

1.5 meter deep immersion, 1hr• Electrical stress
ESD

IEC61000-4-2 (LEVEL4 – 8KV)

PASS

• Mechanical stress
Pass/Fail• Radiation stress (N/A)

Test methods

Descriptions

Iron ball fall test

Free fall of 1kg iron ball from 1.5meters height on
any side of tag - 50 times

Pass

Vibration

IEC60068-2-6/64

Pass

Drop& topple

IEC60068-2-31

Pass• Autoclave stress (N/A)

Shock (acceleration)

IEC60068-2-22

PassAutoclave conditions

Pressure

50 Bar on any side of tag, 50 times

PassISO 17665-1:2006 Moist Heat/Steam Sterilization method

Gamma raykGyISO 11137-1:2012 Radiation/Gamma Ray method

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4[6] Blade Options• Chip encoding service• Backing adhesive•Encodes EPC memory sector only*.
•Encodes tags with 4 multiple digits - from 16 bits (4 digits decimal or hex or ASCII)
up to 480 bits (120 digits decimal or hex or ASCII) - upon customers’ request.
•Unless requested by customer, all tags are encoded with 24 digits decimal (Date 8digits + Serial 16 digits), before shipped to customers. For example, code
201508140000000000001278 tells that tag was 1278th encoded on August 14, 2015.
•Tag code can be permanently locked with password of 8 digits decimal or hex, uponcustomer’s request.

•Unless requested otherwise, RFcamp recommends and applies 3M468MP or
3M9472LE (Aka. 3M300LSE) double sided adhesive tapes for general applications.
For harsh environments, RFcamp recommends 3M VHB tapes.
• For stronger adhesion, RFcamp suggests glue solutions such as Cemedine’s Super X
or Loctite’s double compound epoxies.
• For special solution, please ask RFcamp.

* For special encoding service (e.g. TID to EPC or user memory encoding), please ask RFcamp.

• Label& printing service•Provides fast and reasonably priced
custom label service with printing
variable data, barcode and logo.
•Label material is water proof and “hardto tear off” polysynthetic.

• Laser engraving& direct printing service (Not applicable)•With CO2 laser, tag surface isprecisely and permanently etched
into variable data, barcode andlogo with black and yellow
contrast.
• With silk screen printing or pad
printing method, tag surface ispermanently printed with various
colored logo or text.

• Fasteners& brackets•For some small TITANTAGs,
metal fastener may adversely
affect tag read performance, so
please ask RFcamp for suitablesolution.
•Upon customer’s request,
RFcamp develops metal based
brackets for special applications,with optimal tag performance.

• Encapsulations•For special environment
requiring enhanced chemical
durability, RFcamp applies special
coating materials over tag.
•Upon customer’s
request, RFcamp develops
injection molded ruggedized caseor rubber (polyurethane orsilicone) based encapsulation.

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