Fully-additive printed RFID on a plastic film

Abstract

Printed electronics, particularly that printed on a flexible substrate such as a plastic film, is an emerging technology that would likely complement conventional silicon-based electronics in numerous applications. The Organic Electronic Association (OE-A) projects that printed electronics RFID smart labels will be ubiquitous only in medium term (2017-2020). In this paper, we present the highly formidable challenges of state-of-the-art printed electronics towards the realization of electronics, and wireless circuits/systems such as an RFID. We also present some of our efforts towards the realization of an RFID and the challenges thereto, particularly realization thereof based on our low-cost green fully-Additive printing process vis-à-vis conventional high-cost un-green Subtractive processes.