Inkjet Printed, Self Powered, Wireless Sensors for Environmental, Gas, and Authentication-Based Sensing

Author

Vyas, Rushi ; Lakafosis, Vasileios ; Lee, Hoseon ; Shaker, George ; Yang, Li ; Orecchini, Giulia ; Traille, Anya ; Tentzeris, Manos M. ; Roselli, Luca

Author_Institution

Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

Volume

11

Issue

12

fYear

2011

Firstpage

3139

Lastpage

3152

Abstract

In this paper, inkjet-printed flexible sensors fabricated on paper substrates are introduced as a system-level solution for ultra-low-cost mass production of UHF Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Tags and wireless sensor nodes in a “green” approach that could be easily extended to other microwave and wireless applications. The authors briefly touch up the state-of-the-art area of fully integrated wireless sensor modules on paper and show several active and power scavenging platforms to power on wireless sensors that could potentially set the foundation for the truly convergent wireless sensor ad hoc networks of the future.

Keywords

UHF radio propagation; ad hoc networks; authorisation; carbon nanotubes; gas sensors; ink jet printing; nanosensors; radiofrequency identification; UHF radio frequency identification tags; authentication-based sensing; carbon nanotube; charge transfer-based mechanism; inkjet printed flexible sensor fabrication; inkjet printed self powered wireless sensor node; integrated wireless sensor; microwave application; paper substrate; power scavenging platform; power source integration; ultra low cost mass production; ultra sensitive gas sensor; wearable application; wireless application; wireless sensor ad hoc network; Antennas; Batteries; Ink jet printing; Low power electronics; Radiofrequency identification; Substrates; Wireless sensor networks; “green” electronics; Antennas; battery-less; carbon nanotube; inkjet-printed electronics; low-power; passives; radio frequency (RF); radio frequency identification (RFID); sensor; solar; system-on-paper; system-onpackage (SOP); wireless;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Sensors Journal, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1530-437X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSEN.2011.2166996

Filename

6008617