))) Texas Instruments Announces Availability of Tag-it™ Smart Label
Inlay to Support New ISO 15693 International Standard

))) CHICAGO, IL (November 14, 2001)

Continuing its goal of advancing radio frequency identification (RFID) standards and open systems, Texas Instruments Radio Frequency Identification Systems today announced the availability of its line of Tag-it™ HF-I Transponder Inlays, a new addition to its family of
Tag-it™ smart label products that complies with the ISO/IEC 15693 global standard. ISO/IEC 15693 is a global reference standard for contactless 13.56 MHz vicinity cards whose technology is also used in smart labels.

The new Tag-it™ HF-I Transponder Inlays provide a small, thin, flexible smart label solution with read/write capabilities for a range of worldwide RFID applications including product authentication, ticketing, asset management and supply chain management. Featuring an increased memory of 2Kbits, the Tag-it™ HF-I Transponder Inlays allow more data to be stored on the tag. The data can also be read more quickly through a combination of the inventory and other commands into one function that retrieves the tag's ID number plus item-specific information. Texas Instruments' patented Fast Simultaneous Identification (Fast SID) anti-collision technology allows the Tag-it™ HF-I tags to be read simultaneously at high speeds. The new TI ISO inlays are available in three sizes: square (45 mm x 45 mm), rectangle-large(45 mm x 76 mm) and rectangle-miniature (22.5 mm x 38 mm).

TI has also announced its ISO 15693 compatible family of 13.56 MHz smart label reader products which include the TI S6500 and TI S6550 Long-Range Reader systems, the TI S6350 Mid-Range Reader and the TI S6700 Multi-Protocol Transceiver IC.

"ISO-compatible smart label products provide customers with choices in technology suppliers and a sense of confidence they are investing in a long-term solution," said Tres Wiley, Texas Instruments marketing manager for smart labels. Texas Instruments RFID Systems has been an active participant in the process to arrive at ISO standard 15693 for the last several years and continues to be active in standards organizations to develop new standards for RFID.

TI's Tag-it™ inlays can be easily incorporated into smart labels, embedded into source tags or laminated into cards. Designed for industries that need to quickly and accurately identify, track and manage thousands or even millions of items, smart labels provide an easy-to-integrate, cost-effective, consumable RFID solution.