RFID solutions for the express parcel and airline baggage industry

Texas Instruments has been developing a passive tag which removes some of the practical difficulties, meeting the optimum cost/performance trade off and performance requirements for two dedicated market sectors. In the form of a “smart label” the transponder electronics have been laminated into paper labels and plastic cards and this product is called Tag-it^TM. This passive transponder has been developed for the target markets of express parcels and airline baggage though, over time, we expect that it will be adapted for use in other market sectors. In these two markets a flexible label is required where it can meet existing label specifications and form factors and be easily introduced into existing hardware