Asset Tracking: OMRON's New High-Quality Aluminum RFID Inlay Delivers Performance Comparable To Copper

New aluminum HF inlay expands Omron's RFID solutions

Omron RFID (www.omronrfid.com) today announced the availability of a new aluminum HF inlay which is ideally suited for security and asset tracking applications such as library and access control.

Omron has more than 20 years of experience providing copper inlays for the RFID market. Today's announcement introduces Omron's new aluminum-based inlay, V730S-D13-PO1. This credit-card sized inlay is compliant with the ISO15693 HF standard for 13.56MHz frequency and achieves comparable performance with the copper version of the same size inlay. Omron said it will continue manufacturing copper inlays for the HF market alongside aluminum.

"Some of our customers prefer aluminum instead of copper inlays due to environmental concerns about disposal of copper waste," says Bill Arnold, Chief Strategist of Omron RFID. "The combination of an aluminum antenna with Omron's patented chip bonding technology called Jomful dramatically reduces the use of environmentally unfriendly materials and enables us to meet RoHS standards," he says.

"Omron focuses on developing new UHF products to meet market requirements described in numerous RFID mandates from large retailers. These retailer mandates inspired widespread investigations of the use of RFID across industries. For some applications, HF performance characteristics are more suitable than those of UHF. Thus, we are broadening our lineup of inlays and RFID readers to help our customers select the optimum RFID solution to meet specific business needs."

About Omron
Omron Corporation is a global leader in the field of automation with $5.7 billion in annual revenue. Established in 1933 Omron has more than 26,000 employees in over 35 countries. Omron has been in the RFID business for over 20 years. An EPCglobal member, Omron offers a wide range of RFID products including inlays and readers for HF (13.56 MHZ), UHF (860-960MHz) and other frequencies. For more information, write to info@omronrfid.com, visit the Web site at www.omronrfid.com, or contact Omron's regional offices: USA +1-888-303-RFID (7343), Japan +81-3-5435-2016, China +86-21-5888-1666 and EU +31-235681200.