Characterization of polymer silver pastes for screen printed flexible RFID antennas

Kamil Janeczek; Małgorzata Jakubowska; Konrad Futera; Anna Młożniak; Grażyna Kozioł; Aneta Araźna

doi:10.1117/12.2000201

15 October 2012 Characterization of polymer silver pastes for screen printed flexible RFID antennas

Kamil Janeczek, Małgorzata Jakubowska, Konrad Futera, Anna Młożniak, Grażyna Kozioł, Aneta Araźna

Proceedings Volume 8454, Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments 2012; 84541C (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2000201
Event: Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments 2012, 2012, Wilga, Poland

Abstract

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems have become more and more popular in the last few years because of their wide application fields, such as supply chain management and logistics. To continue their development further investigations of new conductive materials for fabrication of RFID transponders’ antennas are necessary to be carried out. These materials should provide high flexibility and good radiation performance of printed antennas. In this paper, two polymer silver pastes based on silver flakes were characterized with regard to manufacturing of flexible RFID antennas with screen printing technique. Foil and paper were used as a substrate materials. Surface profile of the printed antennas was measured using an optical profilometer and their resistance was measured with a four-point-probe method. Antenna flexibility was evaluated in cyclic bending tests and its performance with reflection coefficient measurements with the use of differential probe connected to a vector network analyzer. In addition, a maximum read distance of a fabricated RFID transponder was measured.

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Kamil Janeczek, Małgorzata Jakubowska, Konrad Futera, Anna Młożniak, Grażyna Kozioł, and Aneta Araźna "Characterization of polymer silver pastes for screen printed flexible RFID antennas", Proc. SPIE 8454, Photonics Applications in Astronomy, Communications, Industry, and High-Energy Physics Experiments 2012, 84541C (15 October 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2000201

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