Metal RFID/NFC Cards

Shenzhen Shining Star Century Technology Co.,ltd offers a range of RFID/NFC chips with our metal card finishes. These cards enable your card holder to get connected. Each chip is embedded into the metal card with a protective transparent epoxy resin. We can disguise the chip by incorporating your logo or a brand message above the circuitry of the chip.

Our metal RFID/NFC cards are ideal for the following applications:-

• hotel keycard


• gift card/reward card


• airline luggage tag/tracker


• identity/ID badge


• digital business card


• information tags for marketing or education

Radio frequency identification (RFID) is an established technology. Today an advanced use of this technology is called near-field communication (NFC) and is becoming predominant. RFID is a one-way process. Information is transmitted from an encoded memory chip (known as a “smart tag”) via an antenna to a RFID reader. These passive RFID tags have no power. They’re activated by an electromagnetic signal sent from the RFID reader. The signal doesn’t travel as far as active RFID, so they’re used for short read ranges. NFC is based on RFID protocols. The devices run at passive RFID’s high frequency. NFC reads smart tags because, like RFID, it features a read/write operation mode.

But NFC goes farther than RFID. The technology has two-way communication—unlike RFID’s one-directional limitation—using one of two modes: card emulation and peer-to-peer (P2P). For example, current smartphones are NFC enabled and can pass information back and forth to another NFC device. Contactless payment is an example of card emulation mode. Any time you redeem rewards points via your phone, you’re also using NFC’s card emulation feature. P2P comes into play when you “bump” your mobile device with another one to share information. Maybe you’re passing music back and forth, swapping special deals, or playing a game with the friend sitting next to you. You can even tap your device with a router, to get on that network without having to use a password.

NFC will soon likely replace QR codes in some adverts and marketing promotional materials. Consumers will no longer have to scan a QR code to get to the intended location, but can simply use the NFC mode to instantly get the information that the advertiser wants them to have.

Overview

1. Metal: Stainless steel, brass or copper
2. Finish: available in all finishes
3. Business card dimensions: 85.0mm x 54.0mm (3.35” x 2.13”), 89.0mm × 51.0mm (3.5″ x 2.0″) or customizable

Thickness

• 0.8mm, 800 micron (0.0315”)

Effects

• 1 to 4 colors for text


• 1 color (full side)


• Full color (offset printing)


• Laser etch (no color)


• Etch only (no color)


• Etch with 1 color


• Debossed text


• Cut thru


• Corner radius: customizable

Personalization

• Unique name, number, date etc.


• Signature strip


• QR Code


• Barcode


• Magnetic stripe


• Smartchip


• NFC/RFID chip


• Swarovski crystal


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