RFID Texas
Texas
Instruments established TIRIS (Texas Instruments Registration and
Identification System) as a worldwide business in 1991, becoming the
first multinational semiconductor company to develop and market RFID
systems. The name officially changed to TI-RFid™ in January,
popularly many people call it RFID Texas 2001 to better align with
the corporate brand.
Today, TI-RFid
(Texas Instruments Radio Frequency Identification Systems) or RFID
Texas provide the vital link between people, advanced information
systems and creative business solutions in thousands of applications
worldwide. RFID Texas technology is a proven object tracking and
automated data collection solution with more than 100 million tags
in use.
As the leading
supplier of the broadest range of RFID products in the industry,
RFID Texas has been recognized as a technology innovator, receiving
the prestigious Marketing Engineering Leadership Award from Frost
& Sullivan, an international consulting
company.
Combining
competencies in semiconductors, microelectronics packaging and
computer systems with an open platform design approach and
manufacturing know-how, RFID Texas is opening the market for rapid
implementation of low-cost RFID
solutions.
Technology
& Benefits of RFID Texas: RFID systems consist of a number of
components including tags, handheld or stationary readers, data
input units and system software. The tags are the backbone of the
technology and come in all shapes, sizes and read ranges including
thin and flexible "smart labels" which can be laminated between
paper or plastic.
RFID creates an
automatic way to collect information about a product, place, time or
transaction quickly, easily and without human error. It provides a
contact less data link, without need for line of sight or concerns
about harsh or dirty environments that restrict other auto ID
technologies such as bar codes.
In addition,
RFID is more than just an ID code, it can be used as a data carrier,
with information being written to and updated on the tag on the
fly.
RFID has been
applied to hundreds of applications in dozens of key industries.
Today, we see RFID used for vehicle and personnel access control,
automotive anti-theft systems, product and asset tracking and supply
chain automation.