R2R gravure and inkjet printed RF resonant tag

被引:65
作者
Allen, Mark [1 ,2 ]
Lee, Changwoo [3 ]
Ahn, Byungjoon [4 ]
Kololuoma, Terho [1 ]
Shin, Keehyun [4 ]
Ko, Sunglim [4 ]
机构
[1] VTT Tech Res Ctr Finland, Espoo, Finland
[2] Aalto Univ, Dept Radio Sci & Engn, Espoo, Finland
[3] Konkuk Univ, Flexible Display Roll Roll Res Ctr, Seoul, South Korea
[4] Konkuk Univ, Dept Mech Engn, Seoul, South Korea
关键词
R2R; Gravure; Inkjet; Printed electronics; RF tag;
D O I
10.1016/j.mee.2011.08.010
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The fabrication of passive circuitry by gravure and inkjet printing is studied. A chipless inductively coupled RF resonant tag is analyzed as a test structure. A floating-bridge layout is employed to provide high yield when fabricated by roll-to-roll (R2R) printing. The conducting first layer and insulating second layer are R2R gravure printed with silver nanoparticle ink and a thermally cross-linkable dielectric ink, respectively. Above 10 MS/m conductivity is obtained for the first layer, which passes three times through the 5 m long drying unit at 5 m/min speed. The floating bridge is inkjet printed with silver nanoparticle ink and the prototype tag is measured over a reading distance of ca. 2 cm. An equivalent circuit model is presented and the model parameters are optimized to obtain a best fit to the measured frequency response. This indirect measurement provides an estimate of 4.3 mu m for the thickness of the dielectric layer sandwiched between the conducting top and bottom layers. Application possibilities for the all-printed RF resonant tag are outlined. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:3293 / 3299
页数:7
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