TOKYO, Japan, July 11, 2006 - OMRON Corporation (TSE: 6645, NYSE: OMRNY) today announced availability of the V750 series Gen2 “Global Loop” inlay which can be used under North American, European and Japanese radio frequency bands in a single tag design.Aimed at consumer electronics manufacturers and suppliers to major retailers, the new inlay will be ready for shipment from early August 2006.

The Gen2 Loop is optimized to ensure robust read performance when the tag is applied to items containing materials unfriendly to RFID, for example, the metallic components used in electronics equipment and products with high moisture content.With non-metallic objects, the Gen2 Loop realizes the same high read performance as the Class 1 Loop inlay currently available from OMRON (see Figure 1 below).In addition, the new inlay delivers a read performance of approximately 1 meter even when in close proximity to metal objects (see Figure 2 below). The “Loop” tag also delivers reliable read ranges when the orientation on the product is not fixed or could change after application. As a direct result, the “Loop” inlay can improve pallet tag read rates.

OMRON Gen2 global loop inlays can be used with all international UHF RFID frequencies from 860 to 960MHz with little or no performance degradation. The addition of the “Global Loop” inlay to the already announced “Wave” tag expands OMRON’s ability to meet a wide range of applications for today’s international supply chain needs. Potential applications of the new inlay include tags and labels for use in the electrical appliance and pharmaceutical industries, where the ability to read large shipments of products speedily, simultaneously and from a distance will realize significant cost reductions.

“With RFID deployments expanding both globally and to a wider range of SKU’s, a global tag that performs across all UHF frequency bands and is less sensitive to materials and orientation is clearly a benefit for our customers,” says Bill Arnold, chief strategist at OMRON RFID. “If a company uses the OMRON global inlay, then it has no need to handle the complexity of different tag selection for each region or SKU requirements. This means our Gen2 global loop inlays help to reduce total RFID tag application costs and operation time.”

Table 1

Model	V750-D22M02-IM
Minimum delivery lot	5000 pcs/roll
Inlay price	Open price
Protocol	EPCglobal Class 1 Generation 2
Operating frequency	UHF band: 860MHz to 960MHz (Japan, U.S., Europe, China, Asia, etc.)
Memory	240 bits NVM(EPC: 96 bits)
Dimensions	68mm×70mm
Operating temperature	-20˚C to 55˚C (no icing, no condensation)
Storage temperature	-20˚C to 55˚C (no icing, no condensation)
Storage humidity (maximum)	60% RH

External view of V750 Series Gen2 Loop Inlay

OMRON Introduces EPC Gen2 Global “Loop” Inlay