RFID for odd shaped cases
June 1st 2006 Texas Instruments and Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, integrated manufacturer of paperboard and paperbased packaging, have developed an EPC Generation 2 Gen 2 RFID strap-on-box system.
Until now, applying RFID printed labels with printed antenna to odd shaped packaging such as corrugated packaging has been difficult if not impossible. Using TI's Tagit EPC Gen 2 Strap, Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation has developed a process for attaching Gen 2 straps to printed antennas directly on corrugated boxes for case and item level tagging, enabling tracking across the supply chain.
The Tag-it EPC Gen 2 Straps consist of an integrated circuit and two conducting pads, which are connected to a conductive antenna printed on packaging materials or on the face of an adhesive label. More articles from Texas Instruments Ltd: | 
