Hitachi Chemical offers Microwave frequency (2.45GHz) contactless IC cards & tags with high reliability, superior flatness & smoothness as well as excellent surface printability. We also offers various kinds of order made services such as customize design in shapes & sizes, and surface finishing process etc.

• · Thinning process for IC card, tag and inlay is possible.
• · High reliability guaranteed.
• · Our plentiful line up enables our products to satisfy different customer needs.
• · Mass production is possible*
  *Cards & tags = 3 million/month, Inlay etc. = 10 million/month

• 13.56GHz
• 950MHz

News Releases

• Dec.11.2007  Introducing Hitachi Chemical's New IC Tags with μ-Chip for DVD Management and Anti-theft Purposes
• May.16.2007  Hitachi Chemical goes into full-scale production of μ-Chip tags

Features of 2.45GHz Microwave Frequency (μ-Chip) Products

• An unique ID number installed in each IC-MC series µ-Chip tag provides an extreme performance in security levels.
• A wide range of reading directions increases the convenience in various applications.

Business Field (2.45GHz - Microwave Frequency)

Products Specification

Category	Vicinity type
	IC-MC series (ver.1.0)	IC-MC series (ver.2.0)
ISO/ICE standard	Original standard	Original standard
Correspondent frequency	2.45GHz	2.45GHz
Correspondent speed (bps)	20msec/Chip	20msec/Chip
Modulation method	ARIB STD	ARIB STD
Correspondent* range	～20cm	～40cm
Memory (bytes)	16	16
User area	Read only	Read only
Anticollision	—	Available
Operating temperature	-20～70°C	-20～70°C
Durability for Write & Erase	—	—
Chip maker	Hitachi, LTD. μ-Chip	Hitachi, LTD. μ-Chip

Features (Size & Correspondent range)

Appearance	Specification	Application examples	IC-MC1	IC-MC2 (Anti-Collision)
	Laminated Card 85.6mm×54mm PET, PET-G （with digital colour printing layer） Surface printable	Security cards Amusements	○	○
	Paper Card 85.6mm×54mm Paper , Paper (surface laminated) Surface printable	Access control Event card	—	○
	Laminate Tag (half size) 54mm×42.5mm PET, PET-G (with surface rewritable layer) Nondirectional designed	Goods management(Apparel, FA etc.)	—	○
	Label (general) 75mm×18mm 54mm×6mm etc. (Please contact us for more information about product sizes.) PET (White, Transparent), Paper Surface printable	Traceability for individual objects (Books & Documents) (All kinds of Drugs & Medicine etc.)	○	○
	New Product Layered Label 75mm×18mm 54mm×6mm etc. Management for documents & files etc. Good correspondent performance when layered. Surface printable	For documents & files management	—	○
	Congestion Seal Type Tag 52mm×2.4mm 41mm×3.2mm	Traceability for individual objects	—	○
	New Product Label for Metallic Materials 50mm×25mm, thickness 0.5mm Consistent correspondent performance with metallic material product.	Assets management (Machines, Name Plate etc.)	—	○
	New Product IC Hologram A μ-Chip tag combine with hologram technology. Available with customize design.	Distinction between imitations & originals (Brand goods) (Medical products) (Cosmetics)	—	○
	New Product Label for DVD/CD Outside diameter 30mm, inside diameter 17mm. PET (White, Transparent) Surface printable	For CD & DVD rentals. Management for important documents & datas.	—	○
	Flexible Tag 60mm×6mm Thickness：1mm,2mm Material : Polyurethane elastomer	Assets management	○	○
	Other Types of Formed Tag Name plate type : 84mm×24mm ABS resin, PPS resin etc. For more product inquiries such as heat & weather resistance etc., please contact us for more information.	Assets management (Machines, Name Plate etc.)	○	○
	Tie Wrap Band Tag Band's length : 170mm Name plate section : 45mm X 15mm With lock function Material : nylon resin	Assets management	○	○
	New Product Amid-Tag 43mm×10mm, Thickness 2.5mm A Combination of μ-Chip with AM Tag. *Antitheft function (By AM tag + Gate) *Goods management (By μ-Chip)	Antitheft + goods management (Apparel) (Rental business) (Cosmetics) (Luxury brand etc.)	—	○

*Correspondent performance may be influenced by factors such as power & antenna of reader/writer and operating environment etc.

*About correspondent range on metallic materials, please contact us for further information.