RFID Chips & Tag Solutions
Indy® reader chip
Impinj's Indy® reader chips are highly integrated, high-performance RFID reader radio chips, providing robust support for the latest UHF Gen 2 standards and worldwide regulatory requirements.
The highly integrated Indy RFID reader chips and supporting software deliver the building blocks for a full range of UHF Gen 2 RFID readers, from short-range embedded modules to long-range dock door readers.
The Indy R1000 RFID reader chip:
- Incorporates complete UHF Gen 2 standard transmit, receive, demodulation, and baseband functions
- Integrates up to 90% of the components in a discrete reader design, providing for significantly smaller reader designs
- Lowers design complexity, cuts manufacturing costs, and increases reliability
- 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
- Supports EPCglobal Gen 2 and ISO-18000-6C specifications, regional regulatory requirements and the full 840-960 MHz band
- Supports low-level diagnostics, remote management and provisioning, and easy integration
- Includes protocol firmware, programming tools, radio drivers and schematics to enable quick time-to-market
Indy R2000 RFID Reader Chip—Adding Performance
The Indy R2000 RFID reader chip addresses challenging RFID applications. It advances the R1000 design with:
- Enhanced read accuracy and range via carrier cancellation technology
- Increased protocol configurability and access to advanced radio features
- Improved transmit phase noise to ease support for global regulatory requirements
Impinj Indy® Reader Chips At A Glance
| R1000 | R2000 | |
|---|---|---|
Air Interface Protocols |
EPCglobal UHF Class 1 Gen 2 / ISO 18000-6C
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EPCglobal UHF Class 1 Gen 2 / ISO 18000-6C
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Integrated Power Amplifier |
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 |
Operating Frequencies |
840—960 MHz |
840—960 MHz |
Package |
56-pin 8 mm2 QFN |
64-pin 9 mm2 QFN |
Power |
Advanced Power Management |
Advanced Power Management |
Process |
0.18μ SiGe BiCMOS |
0.18μ SiGe BiCMOS |
RSSI |
Configurable |
Configurable |
Sensitivity |
-95 dBm (DRM) |
-95 dBm (DRM) |
Transmit Phase Noise |
-116 dBm/Hz |
-126 dBm/Hz |
Supported Regions |
US, Canada and other regions following U.S. FCC Part 15 regulations
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US, Canada and other regions following U.S. FCC Part 15 regulations
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