The ICODE SLIX-S IC is a dedicated chip for smart label applications with the need for a higher security level, larger memory and/or a product which takes care of the increasing demand for perfect customer privacy. 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.

Features and benefits

2.1 ICODE SLIX-S RF interface (ISO/IEC 15693)

  • Contactless transmission of data and supply energy (no battery needed)
  • Operating distance: up to 1.5 m (depending on antenna geometry)
  • Operating frequency: 13.56 MHz (ISM, world-wide licence freely available)
  • Fast data transfer: up to 53 kbit/s
  • High data integrity: 16-bit CRC, framing
  • True anticollision
  • Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS)
  • Application Family Identifier (AFI) supported
  • Data Storage Format Identifier (DSFID)
  • ENABLE PRIVACY command with 32-bit Privacy password
  • DESTROY SLIX-S command with 32-bit Destroy password
  • Additional fast anticollision read
  • Write distance equal to read distance 2.2 EEPROM
  • 2048 bits (2 KB), organized in 64 blocks of 4 bytes each, 4 blocks are summed up to 1 page
  • 50 years data retention
  • Write endurance of 100000 cycles

2.3 Security

  • Unique identifier for each device
  • Lock mechanism for each user memory block (write protection)
  • Lock mechanism for DSFID, AFI, EAS
  • Password (32-bit) protected memory management for Read access
  • Password (32-bit) protected memory management for Write access
  • Password (32-bit) protected Label Destroy
  • Password (32-bit) protected Privacy Mode
  • Password (32-bit) protected EAS and AFI functionality

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