Dia 19 - Tarde - Apresentação 2 Marcelo Soares Lubaszewski - CEITEC S.A

2. Semiconductor Solutions
for the Development of
the RFID Technology
in Brazil
Chief Design and Institutional Relations Officer
MARCELO LUBASZEWSKI

3. Agenda
1. Introduction
2. RFID IC Design Challenges
3. RFID Brazilian Market
4. CEITEC and its RFID Products
5. Final Considerations

4. Semiconductor Industry Drivers
Introduction

5. Introduction
Connected Objects

6. [1] Sundmaeker et al., eds., “Vision and Challenges for Realizing the Internet of Things”, IoT European Research Cluster, Mar. 2010; www.internet-
of-things-research.eu
[2] Fleisch E., “What Is the Internet of Things? An Economic Perspective”, White Paper, WP-BIZAPP-053, AutoID Labs, Jan. 2010;
www.autoidlabs.org
Introduction
Internet of Things

7. • ID‐only
• Ultra low cost
• Very high volumes
Introduction
RFID Market Segments

8. • Value‐added
• Higher profit margins
• Still high volumes
Introduction
RFID Market Segments

9. Agenda
1. Introduction
2. RFID IC Design Challenges
3. RFID Brazilian Market
4. CEITEC and its RFID Products
5. Final Considerations

10. Modulator
Demodulator
NVM
or
OTPPower-On
Reset
Clock
Generator
Memory
Control
Encoder
Decoder
Command
Decoder
Main
Control
(FSM)
PMU
Flags
Crypto
Frame
Encoder
0110
0110
Vdd
Gnd
Analog Domain
Digital Domain
Memory (NVM or OTP)
CRC
[3] Finkenzeller, K. “RFID Handbook: Fundamentals and Applications in Contactless
Smart Cards and Identification.” 2nd ed. ; Wiley (2003)
[4] Lehpamer, H. “RFID Design Principles.” ; Boston: Artech House (2003)
RFID IC Design

11.  Low cost
 Low power
 Small footprint
 Reduced pin count
 Mixed‐signal
Challenges
RFID IC Design
Challenges

12. RFID IC Design
Challenges
 Low cost
 Low power
 Small footprint
 Reduced pin count
 Mixed‐signal
 High volume, low cost applications:
– Animal tracking
– Goods inventory
– Product logistics
– Vehicular control
– Perishables tracking

13. RFID IC Design
Challenges
 Low cost
 Low power
 Small footprint
 Reduced pin count
 Mixed‐signal
 Passive RFIDs:
– No battery or other external power supply
– The lower the power, the more sensitive
the tag
 Semi‐passive RFIDs:
– External battery
– The lower the power, the longer the
battery lifetime

14. RFID IC Design
Challenges
 Low cost
 Low power
 Small footprint
 Reduced pin count
 Mixed‐signal
 Increase number of dice per wafer
 Lower IC cost in volume production

15. RFID IC Design
Challenges
 Low cost
 Low power
 Small footprint
 Reduced pin count
 Mixed‐signal
 Reducing pad count reduces die size
 The fewer pins, the more parallel the
wafer test can be

16. [5] Abdennadher, S. ; Shaikh, S. A. “Practices in Mixed-Signal and RF IC Testing.” Design & Test of Computers, IEEE, Volume 24, Issue 4. (2007)
RFID IC Design
Challenges
 Low cost
 Low power
 Small footprint
 Reduced pin count
 Mixed‐signal
 Mixed‐signal design:
– Analog signals
– Digital signals
– RF signals
– Non‐Volatile Memory
 Long test time

17. Agenda
1. Introduction
2. RFID IC Design Challenges
3. RFID Brazilian Market
4. CEITEC and its RFID Products
5. Final Considerations

18.  RFID and smart cards are quickly turning into preferential technologies in Brazil
for the identification and tracking of people, animals and objects.
Brazilian Market
A sample of the potential market:

19.  Several brazilian government programs can benefit from electronic identification
technologies:
 RIC – citizen ID
 SINIAV – vehicle ID and tracking
 SISBOV – cattle tracking
 etc.
 Important tax breaks are offered to companies adhering the PPB (basic productive
process) through products with proven national added value
Brazilian Market
Opportunities

20. Agenda
1. Introduction
2. RFID IC Design Challenges
3. RFID Brazilian Market
4. CEITEC and its RFID Products
5. Final Considerations

21. State‐owned company:
 Controlled by the MCTI
 Part of the IC‐Brazil Program
 Started operation in 2009
Two companies in one:
 CMOS Fab
 Design House (operates as fabless)
CEITEC
Markets:
 Starting with Brazil and Latin America
 Private and government customers

22. CTC11002 – Chip do Boi
 First CEITEC’s RFID product, Chip do Boi is the
base element of cattle earing tags;
 From 2014, CTC11002 will be produced in the
CEITEC’s CMOS Fab;
 Applications: identification of animals, gas
cylinders, tires, containers and other.
RFID‐LF Product
Radio‐Frequency Identification: Low Frequency solution

23. RFID‐HF Products
CTC12000
 Partnership with Hemobras;
 Currently undergoing final tests;
 Applications: identification and tracking of
perishable goods (blood products), and also of
drugs, books, correspondence, etc.
CTC12100 (with temperature sensor)
 Measures and records temperatures and
transmits data through radio‐frequency;
 Applications: Can be used in food, medicine
and other perishable products.
Radio‐Frequency Identification: High Frequency solutions

24. CTC 21001 (e‐passport)
 Chip to use in the Brazilian passport;
 Compliant with the ICAO (International
Civil Aviation Organization) definitions;
 Applications: personal identification with
secure information for use in electronic
passports.
RFID‐HF Products
Radio‐Frequency Identification: High Frequency solutions

25. CTC13001 (EPC Gen2)
 Multiple applications in logistics, inventory
control and asset management;
 CTC 13001 is already available to the market
with prompt delivery;
 Applications: identifying and tracking airline
baggage, vehicles, retail products, cargo logistics
and in healthcare (medicines, management of
patients, etc.)
CTC13100 (SINIAV)
 Compliant with the national standards of the
SINIAV program and with the international norms
of security and encryption;
 Application: identification of the fleet of national
vehicles.
RFID‐UHF Products
Radio‐Frequency Identification: Ultra High Frequency solutions

26. • Access to tax incentives through the use of national content
chips and solutions
• Tailored engineering: customization to balance cost and
functionality
• Business model adapted to the customer needs:
– Confidenciality
– Partnership for technological developments
– Long term relationship
What else do we offer?

27. Agenda
1. Introduction
2. RFID IC Design Challenges
3. RFID Brazilian Market
4. CEITEC and its RFID Products
5. Final Considerations

28. Results
 Chips of the CTC 13000 familiy were used in tests with printers and cartridges tags of HP
Brasil, Epson and Samsung. The wafers were tested, grinded and diced in‐house.
 CTC 13000 and CTC 13001 chips have recently received the national content certification:

29. Results
 From Aug 2012 the CTC 11002 (Chip do Boi) started being used in electronic earings for
animal identification produced by the Fockink Group. The whole chip and electronic tag
have already received the ICAR international certification.
 Casa da Moeda and CEITEC signed in 2012 an agreement to develop the new chip for the
brazilian passport. The first pilot of brazilian passports with the CTC 21001 chip will be
released in 2014.
 Novus and CEITEC signed this year an agreement to develop the CTC 12100 chip for the
identificiation, temperature monitoring and tracking of perishable goods. The new product
will be delivered mid 2014.

30. CTC12100
CTC21001
CTC13100
CTC13001
CTC11002
CTC12000
RFID Products: timeline

31. Global Partners

32. • Within one generation, CEITEC as an important Brazilian company
recognized as a global player in the semiconductor industry
• Short and medium term actions guided by this vision:
• Choices of markets, technologies and programs for HR training
• Assist increasing the national content in products designed/assembled in
Brazil
• Get leverage from government programs to boost growth and conquer
markets
• Help developing a regional microelectronics ecosystem, attracting and
partnering with established companies, other start‐ups,
universities and R&D centers
Vision

33. Thank you!