Polymer based 13 MHz RFID transponders

Abstract

Summary form only given. Printed electronics based on polymer transistors will enable the availability of electronics on nearly every product. This will create a new electronics revolution, not by replacing standard electronics based on silicon, but it will enable the realization of electronic intelligence to products, where there is no electronics today. This includes low cost radio frequency identification (RFID) applications, e.g. as a substitute of the optical barcode, as well as smart objects and electronics for flexible displays. This is possible due to the new polymer electronics technology, based on organic conducting and semi conducting materials. By using this technology, PolylC combines soluble electronic polymer materials with high volume printing processes to achieve low cost, high volume printed electronics. Recent results on our technology as well as our roadmap towards printed electronics products will be presented, including fast and stable circuits as well as RFID tags working at 13.56 MHz.