Zebra Technologies UHF Gen 2 RFID Card

Zebra Technologies announced the introduction of its ultra-high frequency (UHF) Gen 2 RFID card with Impinj Monza 4 silicon at RFID Journal LIVE!.

The UHF card extends Zebra’s high performance card product line with a model that offers performance in access control, personnel tracking, long-range ID applications, and social media and hospitality check-ins.

The UHF Gen 2 RFID card is based on Zebra’s patent-pending antenna design, specifically optimized for UHF card applications giving it far greater read range, added memory and more reliability.

The cards contains Impinj’s Monza 4 chip, which provides advanced sensitivity, giving the card enhanced read rates and a read range of more than 50 feet even while worn in a lanyard. The UHF card, combined with Zebra’s UHF card printer/encoder line, address the current read limitations of other cards on the market while opening new applications such as reading through handbags, pockets and backpacks, and delivering increased access control and efficiency.

Additional benefits of the UHF Gen 2 RFID card include:

* New data structure that offers optional memory configuration to protect privacy and hide sensitive information, while maintaining a high level of readability

* Optional read range reduction feature, protecting users from unauthorized tracking by temporarily reducing the read range of the card to less than one foot

* 48-bit Unique ID feature that protects against card cloning and provides a card authentication method to uniquely identify every card.