Zebra Sapphire UWB Technology Portfolio

The award winning Sapphire product line, developed by Multispectral Solutions (MSSI), part of Zebra Enterprise Solutions (ZES), includes DART for Real-Time Locating System (RTLS) and VISION for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) applications. Utilizing Multispectral's patented shortpulse, Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology, Sapphire provides a performance level that exceeds the capabilities of other RTLS and RFID technologies.

Sapphire has an extensible and flexible architecture enabling tracking operations in challenging environments it offers long battery life, small tag sizes, high tag throughput and high RTLS accuracy. Sapphire has successfully enabled high rate of return RFID and RTLS tracking applications capable of handling thousands of assets in industrial and office settings where real time, exceptional tracking and inventorying performance is required.

Sapphire Features

• FCC Part 15.250 compliant
• Exceptional performance — Performs in high multi-path environments
• Excellent real-time location accuracy — Better than 30cm (1 foot)
• Long tag battery life — Up to 7 years at 1 Hz blink rate
• Long Range — Up to 200 meters (650 feet) with line of sight
• Unmatched real-time location tag throughput — Up to 2700 tags/hub
• Fast tag transmission rates — Up to 25 times/second
• Fast intuitive setup — typical single location set-up in one day