Texas Instruments RFid Systems Introduces Multi-Function Reader Module for Contactless Payment Applications.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 2003 Texas Instruments RFid Systems (TI-RFid(TM)), a leading integrated manufacturer of radio frequency identification See RFID. (RFID) tags, smart labels and reader systems, today introduced its new Multi-Function Reader Module, a flexible and low-cost device that accepts ISO/IEC ISO/IEC International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission (ITU-T M 3000) 14443 and ISO/IEC 15693 standards-compliant radio frequency (RF) transponders used for contactless payment applications. Texas Instruments' new reader module supports Speedpass(TM) low frequency (134.2 kHz) technology, used by more than 6 million consumers in North America, as well as TI's 13.56 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. 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. 15693 transponder A receiver/transmitter on a communications satellite. It receives a microwave signal from earth (uplink), amplifies it and retransmits it back to earth at a different frequency (downlink). A satellite has several transponders. family and new transponders built on TI's recently announced ISO 14443 Type B platform. With the highly versatile reader module, POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale and payment terminal manufacturers are no longer locked into supporting only one transponder solution for contactless payment applications. Texas Instruments' Proximity Coupling Device (PCD PCD polycystic disease. ) module is fully compliant with ISO 14443 Type A and B and ISO 15693, providing opportunities for true interoperability across suppliers and protocols. With its small size and flash upgradeable firmware, allowing for fast and easy remote upgrades, it is designed for embedded solutions from point-of-sale (POS) and payment terminal manufacturers serving the following markets: banking, public transit, general retail, quick-service restaurants, hospitality and vending. TI's Multi-Function Reader Module is easy to integrate into existing infrastructures and supports multi-applications such as payment and loyalty. The new reader features an open platform so that a range of security architectures can be designed in depending on the specific needs of the application. The design is also highly scalable to support custom requirements from plug-in to fully-packaged solutions. "As the market leading provider of RF solutions, this new product is an important step in advancing our vision of interoperability for contactless payment applications and is the catalyst the market has been waiting for," said V.C. Kumar, strategy manager for wireless commerce, TI-RFid Systems. Texas Instruments is sampling the Multi-Function Reader Module with core customers and will be in full production in early Q2 2003. For further information, please visit the company's Web site at www.ti-rfid.com or call 1-888-937-6536 (North America) or 1-972-575-4364 (International). About Texas Instruments RFid Systems Texas Instruments Radio Frequency Identification (TI-RFid(TM)) Systems is an industry leader in radio frequency identification (RFID) technology and the world's largest integrated manufacturer of RFID tags, smart labels and reader systems. With more than 200 million tags manufactured, TI-RFid technology is used in a broad range of applications worldwide including access control, automotive, document tracking, livestock, product authentication, retail, sports timing, supply chain, ticketing and wireless payment. For more information, contact TI-RFid at 1-888-937-6536 (North America) or +1 972-575-4364 (International), or visit the company's Web site at www.ti-rfid.com. Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive and analog technologies to meet our customers' real world signal processing requirements. In addition to Semiconductor, the company's businesses include Sensors & Controls, and Educational & Productivity Solutions. TI is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and has manufacturing, design or sales operations in more than 25 countries. Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol TXN TXN Texas Instruments (stock symbol) TXN Transaction (databases) TXN Tunxi, China (Airport Code) TXN Tarxien (postal locality, Malta) . More information is located on the World Wide Web at www.ti.com. |
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