Tageos unveils NFC and HF inlay

Tageos has launched its new EOS-915 I3 NFC and HF inlay, suitable for a wide range of multi-purpose applications including customer experience, item-level tagging, product authentication, supply-chain visibility and smart packaging.

The new EOS-915 I3 has a small footprint with the antenna size of 13 x 13 mm. While offering higher performance and reading speed, it maintains full compatibility with both NFC-enabled phones with near-field data exchange of a few centimeters and long-range HF readers (vicinity) for reading distances of up to 1.5 meters.

This makes the new product a versatile choice for retail (non-food), logistics, healthcare and industrial manufacturing to increase operational efficiency and improve NFC customer interaction.

The new EOS-915 I3 uses NXP’s new high-performance Icode 3 HF chip with an internal tuning capacitance of 23pF. The IC features a customizable digital originality signature to ensure tag origin and offers enhanced privacy modes. It operates at 13.56 MHz from long-range HF readers and NFC-enabled phones for cross-range operations and is compliant with ISO/IEC 15693 (vicinity) and NFC Forum Type 5 tag protocols. Icode 3 also offers a fast read rate of up to 212 kbps, a large user memory of 2400 bits and advanced NFC features for Android and iOS.

‘With the launch of our new EOS-915 I3 inlay, Tageos is once again proving its claim to be a leading technology partner for our customers and to be very active in shaping the world of wireless IoT, RAIN RFID, NFC and HF,’ said Thomas Wythe, vice president of sales and business development for EMEA at Tageos.

EOS-915 I3 is available in dry, wet and paper-face delivery formats.