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Impinj Indy^® UHF RFID Reader Chips

The Impinj^®product line includes the Indy^®UHF RFID reader chip family, based on award-winning technology acquired from Intel Corporation. This three-chip family of highly integrated radio chips and supporting software provide a platform for designing a wide range of devices that embed RFID read/write capability. Indy chips lower design complexity, cut manufacturing costs, and increase reliability.

All Indy products:

Deliver an easy path to worldwide regulatory compliance with support for EPCglobal Gen 2 and ISO-18000-6C specifications, regional regulatory requirements and the full 840-960 MHz band

Incorporate complete UHF Gen 2 standard transmit, receive, demodulation, and baseband functions

Deliver a robust architecture that enables optimization for a variety of applications

Coherent IQ demodulation provides low RSSI variance, carrier phase, and optimal receive sensitivity

Integrated high-performance VCO that leads the industry with up to -126 dBc/Hz phase noise, easing regulatory compliance, increasing Rx sensitivity, and improving DRM operation

Provide Windows^® CE 6.0 support, fail-safe boot loader, low-level diagnostics, remote management and provisioning, and eased integration via included protocol firmware, application-specific configuration firmware, programming tools, radio drivers, and schematics

Support advanced Monza^®tag chip features that increase read and write speeds, improve read reliability and encoding throughput, and support authentication applications

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Indy R500 Reader Chip—Features and Benefits

Impinj designed the Indy R500 with a price to performance point optimized for access points, embedded RFID subsystems, workstations and basic handhelds. The Indy R500 RFID reader chip uses the same software architecture as the Indy R1000/2000 versions, and is drop-in compatible with the Indy R2000, enabling fast product development.

The Impinj Indy R500 UHF RFID reader chip:

Provides the lowest overall system cost
Meets requirements for price-sensitive applications with short range and small tag populations

Indy R1000 Reader Chip—The Industry Standard

The Indy R1000 chip, as the world's largest deployed reader platform, is the industry standard. It supports a full range of RFID readers from handheld readers to short-range embedded modules to long-range dock door readers.

The Impinj Indy R1000 UHF RFID reader chip:

Has best price for performance in the industry
Enables longer battery life for handheld readers, power over USB for short range readers, and Power over Ethernet (PoE) for high performance, long range readers

Indy R2000 Reader Chip—Highest Performance Available in Industry

The Impinj Indy R2000 chip addresses challenging RFID applications. It advances the R1000 design with:

Enhanced read accuracy and range via advanced carrier cancellation technology
Increased protocol configurability and access to advanced radio features
Improved transmit phase noise to ease support for global regulatory requirements

Impinj's Indy^®chips incorporate the primary functions of an RFID reader.

The Indy Development Platform supports rapid product development.

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Impinj Indy^® Reader Chips At A Glance

	R500	R1000	R2000
Air Interface Protocols	EPCglobal UHF Class 1 Gen 2 / ISO 18000-6C DSB, SSB, and PR-ASK transmit modulation modes Dense reader mode (DRM)	EPCglobal UHF Class 1 Gen 2 / ISO 18000-6C DSB, SSB, and PR-ASK transmit modulation modes Dense reader mode (DRM)	EPCglobal UHF Class 1 Gen 2 / ISO 18000-6C DSB, SSB, and PR-ASK transmit modulation modes Dense reader mode (DRM) Configurable for other protocols
Integrated Power Amplifier	Configurable. External power amplifier supported for high performance applications	Configurable. External power amplifier supported for high performance applications	Configurable. External power amplifier supported for high performance applications
Modem	Configurable digital baseband	Configurable digital baseband	Configurable digital baseband
Operating Frequencies	840—960 MHz	840—960 MHz	840—960 MHz
Package	64-pin 9 mm² QFN	56-pin 8 mm² QFN	64-pin 9 mm² QFN
Power	Advanced Power Management	Advanced Power Management	Advanced Power Management
Process	0.18μ SiGe BiCMOS	0.18μ SiGe BiCMOS	0.18μ SiGe BiCMOS
RSSI	Configurable	Configurable	Configurable
Sensitivity	-68 dBm (DRM)	-95 dBm (DRM) -110 dBm (LBT) -75 dBm (DRM with a 5 dBm carrier at Rx port	-95 dBm (DRM) -110 dBm (LBT) -82 dBm (DRM) with a 10 dBm carrier at Rx port
Transmit Phase Noise (at 250 KHz offset)	-126 dBm/Hz	-116 dBm/Hz	-126 dBm/Hz
Supported Regions	US, Canada and other regions following U.S. FCC Part 15 regulations Europe and other regions following ETSI EN 302 208 with & without LBT regulations China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan	US, Canada and other regions following U.S. FCC Part 15 regulations Europe and other regions following ETSI EN 302 208 with & without LBT regulations China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan	US, Canada and other regions following U.S. FCC Part 15 regulations Europe and other regions following ETSI EN 302 208 with & without LBT regulations China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan
Key Receiver Architecture Features	Optimal read reliability Low RSSI variability Reliable carrier phase information Advanced features needed for robust RFID operation Coherent IQ demodulation	Optimal read reliability Low RSSI variability Reliable carrier phase information Advanced features needed for robust RFID operation Coherent IQ demodulation	Optimal read reliability Low RSSI variability Reliable carrier phase information Advanced features needed for robust RFID operation Coherent IQ demodulation

These products are covered by one or more of the following U.S. patents. Other patents pending. 7283037, 7026935, 7049964, 7501953, 7030786, 7246751, 7245213, 7408466, 7187290, 7304579, 7510117, 7107022, 7419096, 7382257, 7405660, 7436308, 7417548, 7391329, 7391329, 7592897, 7589618, 7633376, 7696882, 7830262

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