Multi Tag Platform - a single chip solution for RFID sensors (Active RFID Europe 2006)

Dr Daniele Grosso, General Manager
Montalbano Technology S.p.A., Italy
 

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Presentation Summary

  • Logistic chain monitoring
  • Demonstration

Speaker Biography

Daniele Grosso, Ph.D.
  • He was born in Genoa in 1971 and he graduated in Electronic Engineering at the University of Genoa in July 1996
  • He was awarded a prize from STM for his Master thesis
  • He got a Ph.D degree in computer architecture in 1999 and he was author of a number of papers published in IEEE journals.
  • During his Ph.D he worked as a consultant for companies like STMicroelctronics and Accent before joining Cadence
  • Design Systems in 2000.
  • He took part to the official working group for the definition of the IEEE 1394 (Fire-Wire) communication protocol
  • He coordinated the development of a dedicated embedded microcontroller currently in mass production in STM commercial Flash memories.
  • During the last 5 years he worked at Cadence in Edinburgh as technical leader in projects for customers such as Philips, Nokia, Eriksson e IBM.
  • He lead the design of an innovative PCI-Express video card currently marketed by Micronas.
  • He lead the design of the On Screen Display features of the new generation Philips and Sony TV sets.
  • He was hired in 2005 to cover the role of general manager at Montalbano Technology.

Company Profile

Montalbano Technology's mission is to establish itself as a leader in the up-scale RF-ID market by deploying devices based on an innovative, flexible, modular and programmable single chip platform which combines the widely established RF-ID and microprocessor technologies with the world of the embedded sensors.
 
MT's product family, named multiTag, consists of a number of semi-passive RF-ID Tags with sensors, which are able to measure time with high accuracy and to acquire, process, store and eventually transmit data about the thermal history or exposure to other environmental factors. MT provides with turnkey solutions which include a software manager, an RF-ID reader and the application specific RF-ID device.
 
Such devices come in different shapes and sizes and with specific features, depending on the targeted application.