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Develops optimized solutions for today’s most challenging item-level RFID problems

Offers an open technology platform based on the breakthrough patent-pending Wave® antenna

Technology developed by the world–class Electro Science Laboratory of The Ohio State University .Founded 2007: Dr. Den Burnside CTO, former Director and Emeritus Professor at ESL and The Ohio State University

Wistron NeWeb Corporation (WNC), the Taiwan-based global leader in antenna manufacturing, is a significant investor and supplier to NeWave

NeWave’s Wave antenna advances the state of the art of RFID antenna design and delivers a solution that is easier to install, in more places, and for more applications. The Wave Antenna is the Platform of our Technology

NeWave’s management team leverages a strong heritage in the RFID and retail industries for its mission of providing optimized solutions to today’s greatest RFID challenges.

About NeWave® Sensor Solutions


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NeWave Partnerships Ohio State ESL and WNC

Strategic Investor and Manufacturer

Advanced Research and Testing


The Wave® Antenna

The NeWave antenna embodies a radically new concept in RFID antenna design.

Instead of radiating a beam in a single direction, the antenna is designed to uniformly illuminate a volume of space.

When installed in pairs the antennas complement each other and provide spatial, beam and polarization diversity.

Zone size 3 to 10 cubic feet

Lightweight, comes in 3’,5’, or 7’ lengths

Highly flexible to provide complete coverage in harsh environments such as metal ,liquids, etc.

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Diversity Coverage of the NeWave Antenna

Any single antenna covering a given area will have fading nulls caused by multi-path

interference.

The NeWave antenna is designed to overcome fading by mounting the antennas in pairs.

The unique design produces a complementary coverage pattern simply by inverting and shifting

one of the antennas.

The inverted antenna is also cross-polarized with respect to its partner.

Beams are complimentary

Polarization Beam Diversity

Gain patterns in vertical plane

Inverted and shifted coverage

pattern

Non-inverted coverage pattern

Combined coverage pattern

Secondary antenna fills in spatial and

polarization nulls of first antenna

PolarizationPolarization


A Key Difference: Wave Antenna vs. Traditional Patch Antennas

“The Wave Antenna, like a fluorescent light, creates a cylindrical pattern that illuminates the entire antenna length and a volume of the surrounding space as defined by the user ”

“Patch antennas perform similar to a flashlight. A conical pattern that is far reaching”


Wave® Antenna Alone Wave® Antenna Ground Plane

NeWave Portal

Omni-directional coverage intensities forming circles

around the whole length of the antenna. Thus, it

covers a full 360 degrees around the antenna.

Coverage is limited to the front half of the antenna by the

ground plane placed on the backside of the antenna. Thus, it covers about 180 degrees in

front of the antenna.

Coverage is further focused to the front of the portal.

Thus, it covers about 100 degrees in front of the

portal.

Top View of Coverage from Wave® Antennas and Portals


Antenna’s Coverage Region Using High Power (30dBm)

The normal operation for the patch antenna is high power so that it can provide maximum tag reading capability. Emanation rings indicate power levels at various read distances. Tag sensitivity and the object being tagged will also impact the effective range. Note that the patch has the same coverage in both the top and side views. The Wave® antenna has full coverage around the antenna for its full length. Thus, it clearly has more coverage than the patch antenna as shown in the side view. Thus, the Wave® antenna is more like a wide angle lens versus the telephoto lens representation of the patch antenna.

Wave® Antenna Patch Antenna

Top View Top View

Side View

Side View

The coverage zone is about 30’ in range and limited cross-range

The coverage zone is about 12’ diameter and 10’ tall


Antenna’s Coverage Region Using Medium Power (25dBm)

As the power is reduced to medium levels, the top view of coverage is about the same, the side view shows a significant reduction for the patch antenna. The Wave antenna maintains good coverage along its whole length because it is unique design. This means that as the size of the coverage area is reduced, the Wave antenna provides superior coverage in that the length of the Wave antenna is chosen to fit the desired zone size.


Top View Top View

Side View

Side View

The coverage zone is about 15’ in range and very limited cross-range



Antenna’s Coverage Region Using Low Power (20dBm)

As the input power is further reduced to low levels, the patch antenna’s coverage region tends to collapse back onto the patch in both the top and side views. Again, the Wave antenna maintains very good coverage along its whole length to provide good coverage across the side view of the zone. There are many application where is coverage is very important. Consider a portal example where one wishes to control the coverage range away from the portal but the portal still must cover the full height of the portal.


Top View Top View

Side View

Side View

The coverage zone is about 10’ in range and extremely limited cross-range



The Wave’s Unique Design Provides Form Factors to Expand RFID Applications

Thin and flexible antenna elements

In lightweight enclosures

Tracking items on retail shelves

Used in fixed infrastructure portals

Embedded in composite materials


Applications/ Vertical Markets

Special Events

Retail and Loss Prevention

Retail Smart Shelf™

Transportation/Logistics

Health Care and Asset Tracking

Manufacturing and Supply Chain


Basic NeWave Portal

Characteristics

• Lightweight

• Lowest Cost

• Available in 3,5 or 7 foot lengths

• Easily installed using plastic lip

• Mounts vertically or horizontally• User defined zone coverage area:

2’x2’x2’ to 10’x10’x10’

Applications

• Interior doorways and hallways

• Wall read points

• Economy applications


Custom Made Portals

+Strong Aesthetics

+Ease of Use and Installation

+Covert and Non Obtrusive

+Controllable Illumination

+Minimizes Extraneous Reads


NeWave Wall Mount Portal

Characteristics• Lightweight , less than 15 pounds

• Comes in 6 or 8 foot heights

• Two antennas built in each portal. No adjustments required

• Easily installs. No special mounting hardware required.

• Selected finishes , durable and easy to clean

• User defined zone coverage area: 2’x2’x2’ to 10’x10’x10’

Applications • Interior or receiving hallways

• Entrances or exits

• Various choke pointsTwo built in antennas

Installs in minutes


NeWave® Multi-Use Portal

•This new portal was designed by Smart Label Solutions and is constructed with extruded aluminum frames, sturdy coroplast covers, and has two Wave® antenna elements embedded in a composite structure

•Rugged enough for distribution centers but sleek enough for any business interior

•Simple installation . Over 1500 portals are already installed

•Superior Accuracy and Performance. These antennas are designed to cover all three tag orientations and they never need to be adjusted.

•Very economical . Comes in 60 or 94 inch heights.

•Like our other NeWave Portals: They are Plug and Play

Corner brackets are designed to fit in frame grooves and anchor to the floor


New ! NeWave Floor Mount Portal

Characteristics• Highly Durable and Lightweight. Each portal

weighs approximately 25 pounds.

• Two Wave® antenna elements built in each portal. No adjustments or alignments required !

• Water and Stain Resistant Coroplast covers

• Can be used as a permanently installed portal or as a mobile unit .

• User defined zone coverage area: 2’x2’x2’ to 10’x10’x10’

• It is uniquely Plug and Play

Applications• Doorways

• Hallways• Choke points

Floor Mount base provides the user

mobility or permanently bolted to the floor


NeWave Surround Portal

Characteristics

• Reads the most challenging RFID items• Comes in various sizes• 4 Wave antennas are easily installed on

surround portal ceiling• Illuminates at the highest allowable power

density • Light-weight composite materials, but very

durable• Easy to install

Applications• Great for reading densely packed items like

towels, apparel, documents, parts• Great for damp or wet items• Loading docks, conveyors, distribution centers


.NeWave Exit Door Portal

Characteristics •Floor Mounted. Plug and play

•Coverage up to 6 feet in width

•Two antennas built into side panels.

• No read adjustments required

•Adjustable height and width

•Powder coated metal frames

• Optional top panel conveniently hides reader and cables

•Flexible cover colors

Applications•Great for office or commercial sites

• Interior or exterior door frames

Applications


.NeWave Industrial Dock Door Portals

Characteristics •Floor Mounted. Plug and play

•Two antennas built into side panels. No read adjustments required.

•Ruggedized /highly durable

•Adjustable height and width

•Powder coated metal frames

•Flexible cover colors

•Read zone coverage up to twelve feet

Applications•Shipping and receiving doorways

•Distribution centers

•Wide exit or entrance ways


Portal Examples


Install Examples


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To contact us:

www.newaverfid.com888-677-7343

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