Sokymat launches anti-counterfeiting RFID label

Sokymat SA, a supplier of RFID transponders, has developed a 13.56 MHz RFID label specially designed as an anti-counterfeiting tool for printer ribbons.

The label attaches directly to the core of the printer ribbon, making it impossible to tamper with, claims the company. A printer with integrated reader module can now distinguish between an original ribbon and unauthorized counterfeits.

The company said in a statement: ‘The system is ideal for high-end printers utilized to produce bank cards or official ID documents, where the use of non-original printer ribbons can endanger the print quality.’

The transponder is available both as a standard label, which comes in a special material with the same printing characteristics as paper, or as a customized product, such as a very robust PET laminated ring label. Sokymat provides this high frequency label with an I-Code1 IC chip.

‘Sokymat has developed a small specific flip-chip module package for this application – the SK1 – which makes it possible to produce a very thin and narrow ring transponder, about 10mm wide and less than 1.2mm thick. This narrow HF label cannot be produced with traditional label manufacturing techniques (printed or etched antenna), which require a larger pitch resolution between the turns of the coil. The antenna is designed to achieve optimum performance despite the interference that may be present,’ continued the statement.