RAIN RFID tag designed for use on metal surfaces

Murata has released the LXFLANMXMG-003, a RAIN RFID tag designed for use on metal components and surfaces. The company has patented various technologies that allow RFID tags to work in conjunction with metal objects. The device uses the item’s metal surface as part of the antenna, which makes the item itself part of the RAIN RFID tag. The company developed the tag specifically for industries where metal items are required to be tracked. It is ideal for items that include construction equipment, IT components, cage cars or logistics containers, and other metal parts used in the manufacturing industry. It can also be used to identify an item’s location. The tag includes Impinj’s Monza R6-P tag chip that combined with the company’s design delivers an excellent tag read performance. The product meets IP-68 waterproofing standards, allowing outdoor use without degraded performance. The chip has 96-bit EPC memory and 64-bit user memory, allowing users to encode additional information such as internal identification numbers to the tag. The tag measures 25mm x 85mm x 4.5mm, complies with UHF RFID standard ISO18000-63 and EPC Global Gen2v2, and it supports the global UHF band from 865MHz to 928MHz. “Once again, Murata has proven its ability to solve difficult RF problems by designing a tag that assimilates with the environment that poses the challenges – in this case metal,” said Carl Brasek, senior director of Product Management for Silicon Products at Impinj. “The industrial sector has been waiting for a tag that is capable of high performance in tough environments. The Murata LXFLANMXMG-003 on-metal tag with the Impinj Monza R6-P chip brings reliable RAIN RFID functionality and a new world of data and operational insights to this market.”