PASSIVE UHF RFID TAGS WITH THERMAL-TRANSFER-PRINTED ANTENNAS
Keywords:
printed RFID antenna, tag integration, coated paper, calendaring
Abstract
Papers for the thermal transfer printing of UHF RFID antennas were prepared by coating and calendering. Real and imaginary components of the impedance of the UHF RFID antennas depended on their design, coating composition and conditions of paper calendering. Passive UHF RFID tags were constructed from antennas and chips whose real and imaginary components of impedance in the 860–960 MHz frequency band were at approximately the same level. The communication quality of passive UHF RFID tags was evaluated by measuring the reading range using the designed UHF RFID reading unit. The reading range of experimental UHF RFID tags with printed antennas on paper and commercial UHF RFID tags with chemically etched antennas on a PET film were identical in the 860 MHz frequency.
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3 A. Arazna, K. Janeczek, K. Futera, Mechanical and thermal reliability of conductive circuits inkjet printed on flexible substrates, Circuit World 43 (2017) 1, 9–12, doi:10.1108/CW-10-2016-0047
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6 V. Lakafosis, A. Rida, R. Vyas, Y. Li, S. Nikolaou, M. M. Tentzeris, Progress towards the first wireless sensor networks consisting of inkjet-printed, paper-based RFID-enabled sensor tags, Proceedings of the IEEE 98 (2010) 9, 1601–1609
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8 R. Zichner, R. R. Baumann, R. R., Communication Quality of Printed UHF RFID transponder antennas, LOPE-C, Messe Frankfurt, Germany, 2011, 361–363
9 T. Öhlund, M. Andersson, Effect of paper on electrical conductivity and pattern definition for silver nanoparticle inkjet ink, Proceedings LOPE-C, 2012, 115–119
10 R. Bollström, M. Toivakka, Paper substrate for printed functionality, 15th Fundamental Research Symposium, Cambridge, 2013, 945–966
11 U. Kavčič, M. Pivar, M. Dokič, D. G. Svetec, L. Pavlovič, T. Muck, UHF RFID tags with printed antennas on recycled papers and cardboards, Materials and Technology 48 (2014) 2, 261–267, ISSN 1580-2949
12 H. He, L. Sydänheimo, J. Virkki, L. Ukkonen, Experimental study on inkjet-printed passive UHF RFID tags on versatile paper-based substrates, International Journal of Antennas and Propagation (2016) 1–8, ID 9265159, 8 pages, doi:10.1155/2016/9265159
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15 J. Gigac, M. Kasajová, M. Maholányiová, M. Stankovská, M. Letko, Prediction of surface structures of coated paper and of ink setting time by infrared spectroscopy, Nordic Pulp Paper Res. J. 28 (2013) 2, 274–281, doi:10.3183/NPPRJ-2013-28-02-p274-281
16 J. Gigac, M. Stankovská, M. Fišerová, E. Opálená, Improvement of inkjet print quality via hydrophylic polymers and base paper, Wood Research 60 (2015) 5, 739–746
17 J. Gigac, M. Stankovská, E. Opálená, A. Pažitný, The effect of pigments and binders on inkjet print quality, Wood Research 61 (2016) 2, 215–226
18 J. Gigac, M. Stankovská, A. Pažitný, Influence of the coating formulations and base papers on inkjet printability, Wood Research 61 (2016) 6, 915–926
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20 Y. Gmih, A. Farchi, A New Designed of a Miniaturized UHF-RFID Passive Tag Antenna Based on L-Shape Radiators with Meandered Dipole, ICCWCS, April 24–25, 2019, Morocco, doi:10.4108/ eai.24-4-2019.2284091
Published
2021-04-15
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Gigac J, Fišerová M, Kováč M, HegyiS. PASSIVE UHF RFID TAGS WITH THERMAL-TRANSFER-PRINTED ANTENNAS. MatTech [Internet]. 2021Apr.15 [cited 2025Jul.13];55(2):277-82. Available from: https://mater-tehnol.si/index.php/MatTech/article/view/129
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