Verayo Chip Has A Huge Opportunity In India

Datta Nadkarni, CMO, Verayo, explains the features of Verayo chip which can bring about revolutionary changes in the way drugs are protected from counterfeiting, in a discussion with Sachin Jagdale.

- Sachin Jagdale

Explain the mechanism of Verayo chip.

The Verayo chip is an NFC/ISO14443-A high frequency (HF) RFID Integrated Circuit (IC) device that incorporates Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) technology. The PUF technology enables true authentication of articles using the emerging NFC protocol in mobile phones. Major features of the IC include:

• Passive RFID Tag – no external power required
• Contactless data transfer
• NFC/ISO14443-A RFID standard
• Physically Unclonable Function (PUF)-based True Authentication
• Near Field Communication (NFC) tag-compatible
• 13.56 MHz operational frequency
• 1024 bits of non-volatile memory (NVM) including: 96 bits factory-programmed unique ID & configuration 896 bits user memory (including 32 bits as user-programmable OTP) 32 bits of lock, reserved bits
• Simple reader access mode
• ISO 14443-3, Type A, Cascade Level 2 Anti-Collision• 106kb/s data transfer rate
• CRC and parity data integrity
• 50 pF resonant capacitor
• A data sheet is available from Verayo, for the IC, on request.

How is this chip superior to 2D barcode?