UHF RFID Inlay: AD Longbow U9

High performance in a tiny package for item-level tagging

Industry segments: Apparel, Industrial Applications

AD Longbow U9 is a new, narrow-footprint product designed for global retail and industrial applications where space is limited. It offers outstanding performance on difficult-to-tag or low-detuning materials such as cardboard and plastic, and in other demanding, close-coupling environments.

AD Longbow U9 inlays and tags have a super-compact 73 x 10 mm form factor, which can be easily converted into end-application usage, and are available in dry, wet and label / sticker delivery formats. AD Longbow is equipped with the NXP UCODE 9 IC, which offers 96-bit of EPC memory. Furthermore, it offers a self-adjust feature to maximize product performance in challenging environments, and has improved read and write sensitivity and faster encoding speed compared to NXP UCODE 8.

AD Longbow with the NXP UCODE 9 IC is included on the approved list for retail applications of the RFID Research Center at the University of Auburn, and complies with categories F, G, I, K, M, N, L, Q, W1, W2, W3, W4, W5 and W6.

Avery Dennison inlays and tags are compliant with ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management and ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management, which ensure a reliable and state-of-the-art product that meets a variety of application needs, especially in the retail environment.