Paper Info
Title
The Effect of Conductive Ink Layer Thickness on the Functioning of Printed UHF RFID Antennas
Abstract
In this study, the effect of the conductive ink layer thickness on the performance of printed ultra-high-frequency (UHF) radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag antennas was investigated. A simple quarter wave dipole tag for European UHF RFID frequencies was designed to be tested in this study. All the tags were made by using screen-printing technique. Three different thicknesses for the ink layer were used. Performance of the tags was analyzed by the measurement of threshold and backscatter power. The results show that it is possible to produce RFID tag antennas by screen printing and it is possible to optimize the tag performance by adjusting the thickness of the electrically conductive layer. The results show how the performance characteristics deteriorated when the thickness of the printed ink layer was reduced. However, it was also shown that thin ink layers can be used in some applications and cost savings can be achieved in this way. It is therefore important to recognize these effects on the performance.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1109/JPROC.2010.2050570
Proceedings of the IEEE
Keywords
Field
DocType
antennas,ink,microstrip antennas,rfid tag,ultra high frequency,conductors,electric conductivity,radio frequency identification,printed electronics
Printed electronics,Inkwell,Screen printing,Conductive ink,Engineering,Ultra high frequency,Optoelectronics,Radio-frequency identification,Parabolic antenna,Electrical engineering,Microstrip antenna
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
98
9
0018-9219
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
1.80
2
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sari Linnea Merilampi171.80
Toni Björninen29714.77
Antti Vuorimaki371.80
Leena Ukkonen47021.48
Pekka Ruuskanen5226.07
Lauri Sydanheimo694.04