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General description

The ICODE SLIX IC is a dedicated chip for intelligent label applications such as libraries,

product authentication in different industries such as pharmaceutical, medical devices and

alcohol, as well as production management in different areas of the industry. This IC is the

third generation of a product family of smart label ICs based on the ISO standards

ISO/IEC 15693 (Ref. 1) and ISO/IEC 18000-3 (Ref. 4), prolonging a successful story of

NXP in the field of vicinity identification systems.

The ICODE system offers the possibility of operating labels simultaneously in the field of

the reader antenna (anticollision). It is designed for long range applications.

1.1 Contactless energy and data transfer

Whenever connected to a very simple and easy-to-produce type of antenna (as a result of

the 13.56 MHz carrier frequency) made out of a few windings printed, winded, etched or

punched coil, the ICODE SLIX IC can be operated without line of sight up to a distance of

1.5 m (gate width). No battery is needed. When the smart label is positioned in the field of

an interrogator antenna, the high speed RF communication interface enables data to be

transmitted up to 53 kbit/s.

1.2 Anticollision

An intelligent anticollision function enables several tags to operate in the field

simultaneously. The anticollision algorithm selects each tag individually and ensures that

the execution of a transaction with a selected tag is performed correctly without data

corruption resulting from other tags in the field.

1.3 Security and privacy aspects

The UID cannot be altered and guarantees the uniqueness of each label.

The 32-bit EAS/AFI password enables the addressed label to be set in a mode where

the EAS status and the AFI value can only be changed if the correct EAS/AFI

password is transmitted to the label within the mentioned commands.

SL2S2002; SL2S2102

ICODE SLIX

Rev. 3.2 — 10 January 2011

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