Inkjet-printing and performance evaluation of UHF RFID tag antennas on renewable materials with porous surfaces

Author

Bjorninen, Toni ; Virkki, Johanna ; Virtanen, Janne ; Sydanheimo, Lauri ; Ukkonen, Leena ; Tentzeris, Manos M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., Tampere Univ. of Technol., Tampere, Finland

fYear

2013

fDate

8-12 April 2013

Firstpage

1721

Lastpage

1725

Abstract

Material choices in electronic devices have a huge impact on the environment. The use of environmental-friendly processes and renewable materials is a growing trend. We present the inkjet-printing of antennas for passive UHF RFID tags on wood, paper, and cardboard. We printed the prototype antennas without surface treatments. We evaluated the performance of the fully assembled tags through wireless tag measurements. The fabricated tags achieved 6-to-9.5 meters read range under the European RFID transmission regulations.

Keywords

UHF antennas; environmental factors; ink jet printing; performance evaluation; radiofrequency identification; renewable materials; European RFID transmission regulations; distance 6 m to 9.5 m; electronic devices; inkjet-printing; material choices; passive UHF RFID tag antennas; performance evaluation; porous surfaces; renewable materials; wireless tag measurements; Antenna measurements; Dipole antennas; Ink; Printing; Radiofrequency identification; Antenna modeling; Inkjet-printing; RFID; Renewable materials; WSN; Wireless tag measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Gothenburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2187-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-88-907018-1-8

Type

conf

Filename

6546573