Inkjet printing of silver nanoparticles can be done at very low cost with a reasonably high precision and conductivity. Highlights cigs chalcopyrite thin film solar cells with respectable efficiency. Printed electronics become more and more relevant for applications in wearable electronics and sensors. We present the possibilities and challenges of passive uhf rfid tag antennas manufactured by inkjet printing silver nanoparticle ink on versatile paperbased substrates. Conductive inkjet printed antennas on flexible lowcost paperbased substrates for rfid and wsn applications a thesis presented to the academic faculty by amin h. Since 2006, there has been a incredible rush toward the use of uvcurable inks in most of the printing markets.
Printed electronics pe represents any electronic devices, components or circuits that can be processed using modernday printing techniques. Inkjetprinted transparent antennas integrated on solar cells tursunjan yasin, reyhan baktur. Inkjetprinted antennas, sensors and circuits on paper substrate. A compact kaptonbased inkjet printed multiband antenna. The antenna patch and ground are separately brushpainted and cured one after the other. Fieldeffect transistors fets and logics are being printed with intended applications requiring simple circuitry on large, flexible e. Inkjet printed reaction arrays on pigment coated substrates. Two types of chipless tags, one based on timedomain reflections and the other based on frequency domain signatures, are introduced. Direct to substrate printing inkjet printing cushing. The antenna is inkjetprinted on a paper substrate to demonstrate the ability to produce small and lowcost uwb antennas with inkjetprinting technology which can enable compact, lowcost, and. Radio energy harvested with inkjetprinted antenna slashdot.
Sarwar hosain 2, sohag sarker 2, makhluk hossain prio 3, monir morshed 4, ajay krishno sarkar 3. The proposed design is printed on a low cost and flexible pet plastic substrate using silver nanoparticle. This antenna has been fabricated using inkjet printing technology on a flexible, lowcost paper. Inkjet printed, high mobility inorganicoxide field effect. Rida in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree master of science in the school of electrical and computer engineering georgia institute of technology may 2009. Such special inks include optically variable inks composed of multilayer. Inkjetprinting technology has recently been used in rfmicrowave applications such as ultrahighfrequency uhf antennas and filters fabricated on paper substrates 3 8. Inkjet printed patch antennas on transparent substrates. The breakthrough could make it possible to print antennas with conductive inks cheaply and efficiently.
This is presented as a systemlevel solution for ultralowcost mass production of uhf radiofrequency identification rfid tags and. Inkjet printed patch antennas on transparent substrates abstract. Precursor ink is airstable and converted to cigs under atmospheric pressure. Most of the work realized in this subject uses substrates suitable to be used in electronic developments as well as in rf designs e. While there are a number of printers in chicago that print direct to substrate, we treat each project as a unique opportunity to go the extra mile. Several work has been done in such respect 4,58,11. Georgia institute of technology, atlanta, ga, usa 3. The rapid emergence of a wide range of nanomaterials with enhanced sensitivities compared to their bulk counterparts and solution processability offered a promising outlook for. It is shown that the lines have losses of approximately 1. The proposed antenna system is composed of two directional bowtie antennas and a switching network. Inkjet printed gps antenna on a 3d printed substrate using. The development of sensors and electronics on unconventional, nonplanar, conformable substrates through costeffective manufacturing routes diversified the application areas 1,2,3,4.
Flexible and stretchable brushpainted wearable antenna on. Inkjet printing of uwb antennas on paper based substrates. Chipless rfid tags fabricated by fully printing of. Filling schemes of silver dots inkjetprinted on pixelated. Also, the antennas need to be printed on transparent substrates such as solar cell cover glass so that the antennas will not reduce the solar cell functionality. Highly sensitive antenna using inkjet overprinting with. Recent developments in printing flexible and wearable.
A flexible, transparent planar antenna by itself is a product unique to conductive polymers, since a standard. Inkjet printed transparent and bendable patch antenna. New way to print ink antennas 20031019 page 1 rfid. Here we reported on highly sensitive antennas using additive patterning of particlefree metalloorganic decomposition silver inks. Film, paper, glass and substrates printed electronics.
In this paper, we report highly conductive, highly flexible, light weight and low cost printed graphene for wireless wearable communications applications. As a proof of concept, printed graphene enabled transmission lines and antennas on paper substrates were designed, fabricated and characterized. Pattern switchable antenna system using inkjetprinted. Inkjet printing of ultrawideband uwb antennas on paper. T1 3dprinted origami packaging with inkjetprinted antennas for rf harvesting sensors. We have developed different inks, with different functionalities, in order to be deposited in various substrates, such as polymer, paper or cork substrates for printed electronics. En route to inkjetprinting transparent electronics and. Abstract a low cost inkjet printed multiband antenna. This research details the use of a postprint laser process that anneals the printed graphene reduced graphene oxide rgo flakes and welds or stiches individual graphene flakes. To enable a fully printed encoding circuit, linearly. Inkjet printing of organic thin film transistors is an enabling technology for many applications requiring low cost electronics such as rfid tags, sensors, epaper, and displays. So much so, we have a customer service program of the same name.
Turpins antenna 1 suggests the feasibility of integrating conductive inkprinted meshed transparent rectangular patch antennas with solar cells. Optimization of inkjet printing of patch antennas on lowcost fibrous substrates, ieee antennas. Inkjet printed planar coil antenna analysis for nfc. Printed antennas on pet substrates are a relative novel issue in technical literature.
Utilizing wideband amc structures for highgain inkjetprinted antennas on lossy paper substrate. Inkjet overprinting of metalloorganic decomposition inks onto copper foil and silver nanowire line produced antenna with mirror surfaces. Research article experimental study on inkjetprinted. The most efficient manufacturing parameters, such as the pattern resolution, were determined and the optimal number of printed layers was evaluated for each substrate material. In this paper, we propose a paperbased pattern switchable antenna system using inkjetprinting technology for bidirection sensor applications. As inkjet printing technology enables deposition of a different number of layers, an accurate adjustment of the printed conductive tracks thickness is possible. This paper characterizes coplanar waveguide cpw lines formed by inkjet printed conductors on flexible kapton substrates at frequencies up to 60 ghz. In this paper, inkjetprinted flexible antennas fabricated on paper substrates are introduced as a systemlevel solution for ultralowcost mass production of uhf radio frequency identification rfid tags and wireless sensor nodes wsn in an approach that could be easily extended to other microwave and wireless applications. Inkjet printed gps antenna on a 3d printed substrate using lowcost machines j. Tentzeris, a novel green inkjetprinted zshaped monopole antenna for rfid applications, proc. Nate, jimmy hester, michael isakov, ryan bahr, manos m.
The proposed antenna is designed in high frequency structure simulator and realized by depositing indium tin oxide nanoparticles as a radiating patch and a ground on the polydimethylsiloxane substrate through fujifilm dimatix dmp. Inkjet printing of uwb antennas on paper based substrates g. Our team wants to find out how we can make your project as painless as possible. The diagonal lines are visible because the substrate is printed using the rectilinear filling, as shown in fig. Diverse active or passive devices have been inkjet printed, such as transistors, uv sensors, dmf chips or. Multilayer inkjet printing of millimeterwave proximityfed patch arrays on flexible substrates. Pdf inkjet printed patch antennas on transparent substrates. Pier c online design of flexible passive antenna array. Fredercick research center, nicosia, cyprus abstract for the first time, we demonstrate the feasibility of. Inkjet printed patch antennas for wireless chiptochip communication on flexible substrates abstract. And what are some of the issues involved in printing on them.
Printed antennas with low signal losses and fast response in highfrequency bands have been required. This paper presents the experimental study on an optimal circular meshed patch antenna inkjetprinted on transparent substrate. There is disclosed an ink composition and a method of printing and using ink on substrate material comprising polyvinyl chloride with thermal inkjet, drop on demand piezo inkjet, or continuous inkjet by depositing ink comprising vinylpenetrating solvent, colorant and nonaqueous carrier solvent, the ink being free from polymerizable resins and binders. One is inkjet printed on pet substrate, then assembled on ro4003c 1. Us8562730b2 ink composition for inkjet printing on. The surface roughness of the printed patch was measured to be 7183 nm. Pdf inkjetprinted antennas, sensors and circuits on. Inkjetprinted patch antennas for wireless chiptochip. Highly flexible and conductive printed graphene for. Ito2 1optics and electronics laboratory, fujikura ltd. The feasibility of printing patch type antennas with a commercial inkjet printer is presented. Complete solar cells printed by inkjet nanowerk spotlight organic photovoltaic opv technologies have the potential to become a thinfilm alternative to inorganic silicon photovoltaics due to their intrinsic potential for lowcost print processing from solution highspeed and at low temperature. Although paper facilitate lowcost, rapid, and simple inkjet printing, they are limited by high frequencies, absorption, and humidity concerns.
Patch antennas and microstrip lines, intech open book, microwave and millimeter wave technologies. The switching network consists of a singlepoledoublethrow spdt switch and a balun. The effect of changing substrate material and thickness on. Reported process has high raw material utilization and significant cost advantage over conventional vacuum processes. Organic solar cells can be integrated into building facades and windows. Tentzeris georgia institute of technology, atlanta, ga, us abstractin this paper, a fully additively manufactured. Index termsflexible antennas, multiband antennas, inkjet printing, kapton, wireless applications.
At the same time, antennas designed on flexible substrates such as papers, liquid crystal polymers lcp and. Research article experimental study on inkjetprinted passive uhf rfid. The aim of this paper is to examine the potential of inkjet printing technology for the fabrication of near field communication nfc coil antennas. Multiband antennas of this type may find use in many portable devices like cell phones, where it would be possible to implement the antenna on the cover in the form of printing, thus yielding important benefits with respect to size and weight. Experimental study on inkjetprinted passive uhf rfid tags. For a faster and more accurate fabrication, it is favorable to print antenna with an inkjet printer as described by rida 2. Meshed patch antennas provide a costeffective solution for applications where the antennas need to be optically transparent. The transparent and conductive material used to fabricate the proposed antenna is made of a gold grid layer deposited on a 0.
There is a growing interest in optically transparent antennas. Imaging systems group offers its alumajet aluminum substrate that can be printed upon with using traditional inkjet inks with no pretreatment. Inkjet printing of coplanar wirepatch antenna on a. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. In this paper, a novel coplanar wire patch cwp antenna for 2. An all inkjet printed organic thin film transistor is feasible, but manufacturability needs to be improved. En route to inkjetprinting transparent electronics and thin film solar cells nanowerk spotlight a few years ago it was discovered that the process of thermal inkjet printing can be applied to fabricate hard tissue scaffolds such as bones and, just recently, soft tissue with liquid biomaterials. Synthesis and applications of cellulose nanohybrid materials. Inkjetprinted transparent antennas integrated on solar cells. This increase has been driven by new developments in ink technology and demand from printer manufacturers and end. This method will make use of a conductive polymer known as poly2,3dihydrothieno1,4dioxinpolystyrenesulfonate or pedotpss, and wil l make possible the fabrication of a flexible, neartransparent antenna. A fully printed multilayer aperturecoupled patch antenna using hybrid 3d inkjet additive manufacturing technique kunal a.