Atmel and Palomar Development Team Back Proposal for New Worldwide Standard for Long Range RFID.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HEILBRONN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2001 Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML ATML Automatic Test Markup Language ATML Automated Test Markup Language ) announced today a new proposal for a standard currently being developed for RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. applications in the UHF (Ultra High Frequency) The range of electromagnetic frequencies from 300 MHz to 3 GHz. In the U.S., analog television has used UHF channels 52 to 69 in the 700 MHz band. frequency band. This submission to the ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 18000-6 standard covers long-range passive RFID systems that are able to bridge distances of up to 4 meters while adhering to the strict European radio frequency regulations (0.5 W ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. at 868 MHz). Up to now, existing passive RFID systems could only reach a distance of up to 1.50 m under the given regulations. Target applications for the new standard include inventory, item, supply-chain and parcel management. These applications, however, require an extended range to realize an operating passive RFID system, which is not possible with the existing RFID solutions. As a part of the Palomar development project, Atmel has designed the industry's first RFID product that can reach the required distance of up to 4 meters, while radiating no more than 0.5 W at 868 MHz and 4 W at 915 MHz, respectively. Thus conforming to the existing ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute, Sophia Antipolis technical park, Nice, France, www.etsi.org) A non-profit membership organization founded in 1988, dedicated to standardizing information and communication technologies (ICT) throughout Europe. (see footnote 3) and FCC (see footnote 4) radio regulations. Based on these measurement results, the development team has submitted a proposal to ISO 18000-6 to support the efforts for worldwide RFID standardization. Palomar (see footnote 1) is an RFID development project funded by the European Commission and is part of the IST (see footnote 2) projects. The project partners Idesco, VTT, Rafsec and Atmel are jointly cooperating to develop new passive long-range RFID solutions from 860 MHz up to 2.45 GHz. A demo system that can be used for pilot runs in applications like item, parcel and supply management is in development.
Footnote 1 Palomar = Passive long distance multiple access high
radio frequency identification system
Footnote 2 IST = Information Society Technologies
Footnote 3 ETSI = European Telecommunications Standard Institute
Footnote 4 FCC = Federal Communications Commission
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