The use of straps for RFID applications can provide the flexibility needed for different label requirements.

By Prashant Upreti and Tony Sabetti

Meeting needs with flexibility

The greater flexibility inherent in straps enables them to be adapted to a wider range of label and packaging forms. Most importantly, straps also offer more choices in terms of antenna design and placement. Label and box manufacturers can use one strap as the basis for a wide variety of finished products, such as labels, hang tags, embedded tags, and smart packages. Strap attach equipment is intended to support this wide variety of form factors based on a single strap format. This reduces the cost of the capital associated with starting an RFID tagging operation required for inlays.