Parametric optimization of inkjet printing and optical sintering of nanoparticle inks

Author

Sipila, Erja ; Ren, Yanan ; Virkki, Johanna ; Sydanheimo, Lauri ; Tentzeris, Manos M. ; Ukkonen, Leena

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2015

fDate

13-17 April 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, the parameters for inkjet-printing and photonic sintering of silver and copper nanoparticle inks on flexible polyimide substrate were studied by manufacturing simple line patterns. The results were then utilized to manufacture passive ultra high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) tag antennas on polyimide substrate. The tag´s performance was evaluated by wireless measurements. Tags achieved peak read ranges of 3.6-5.5 meters, which can be considered suitable for practical applications.

Keywords

UHF antennas; antenna radiation patterns; copper; ink jet printing; nanoparticles; radiofrequency identification; silver; sintering; Cu; Si; copper nanoparticle ink; distance 3.6 m to 5.5 m; flexible polyimide substrate; inkjet printing parametric optimization; nanoparticle ink optical sintering; passive UHF radio frequency identification tag antenna; passive ultra high-frequency RFID tag antenna; photonic sintering; silver nanoparticle ink; simple line patterns; Copper; Ink; Photonics; Printing; Radiofrequency identification; Silver; Substrates; RFID; UHF; antenna; inkjet printing; nanoparticle ink; photonic sintering; tag;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Lisbon

Type

conf

Filename

7228558