1 General description
ICODE 3 High-cap is a new contactless HF-RFID chip with 97pF internal tuning capacitance. The chip offers
strong RF performance. It features a customizable digital Originality signature, to assure tag origin in cloning
detection, and offers enhanced privacy modes to protect user privacy. It is operated at 13.56MHz from longrange
HF-RFID readers and NFC phones, to support cross-range operations across manufacture, supply, and
usage chains. It is fully compatible with the ISO/IEC 15693 standard and NFC Forum Type 5 tag.
Fully backward-compatible with SLIX 2, the ICODE 3 supports new features:
• Fast read with up to 212 kbit/s
• Configurable 24-bit counter
• ASCII mirror feature option
• One-shot read-only memory lock
• Extra configuration memory with optional password protection
• Programmable originality signature with 32 bytes or 48 bytes
• 2.4 kbit user memory size
• Flexible user memory segmentation with separate access conditions

2 Features and benefits
2.1 ICODE 3 RF interface (ISO/IEC 15693)
• Contactless transmission of data and power (no battery needed)
• Operating distance of up to 1.5 m (depending on the antenna geometry)
• Operating frequency of 13.56 MHz (ISM, worldwide license freely available)
• Fast data transfer of up to 212 kbit/s
• High data integrity: 16-bit CRC, framing
• True anticollision feature
• Persistent quiet mode to enable faster inventory speed
• Write distance equal to read distance
• 97 pF internal resonance capacitance for small antenna form factors
2.2 EEPROM
• 2432 bits of user memory organized in 76 blocks of 4 bytes each. The last block is reserved for the 24-bit
counter feature.
• 50 years of data retention
• Write endurance of 100,000 cycles
2.3 Data protection
• 8-byte unique identifier
• 32-byte or 48-byte programmable originality signature
• Lock mechanism for each user memory block (write protection), and lock protection pointer for fast locking
• 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
• Password (32-bit) protected memory configuration
• 24-bit counter (NFC counter, or command-based counter with optional password protection)

3 Applications
• Product identification
• Product tracking and tracing
• Counterfeit protection
• Inventory management
• Smart-device consumable system communication
• Augmented mobile interaction