Title :
Inkjet-printable UHF RFID tag antenna on a flexible ceramic- polymer composite substrate
Author :
Babar, A. Ali ; Virtanen, J. ; Bhagavati, V.A. ; Ukkonen, L. ; Elsherbeni, A.Z. ; Kallio, P. ; Sydänheimo, L.
Author_Institution :
Rauma Research Unit, Department of Electronics, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Abstract :
The utilization of inkjet-printing technique to develop a printable UHF RFID tag antenna on flexible ceramic-polymer composite material is demonstrated. The substrate material is fabricated using high permittivity Barium Titanate (BaTiO3) ceramic powder mixed with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) polymer. A UHF RFID tag antenna is inkjet-printed using silver nano-particle to exploit the potential advantages of high dielectric flexible composite material when used as a tag substrate. Our preliminary results yielded a small flexible UHF RFID tag antenna with read range comparable to commercially available tag antennas.
Keywords :
Ceramics; Polymers; Radiofrequency identification; Substrates; UHF antennas; Flexible Ceramics; Inkjet-printed Tag; RFID Technologies;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2012 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC, Canada
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1085-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-645X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2012.6259566
