Organic semiconductor RFID transponders

Author

Baude, P.F. ; Ender, D.A. ; Kelley, T.W. ; Haase, M.A. ; Muyres, D.V. ; Theiss, S.D.

Author_Institution

3M Co., St. Paul, MN, USA

fYear

2003

fDate

8-10 Dec. 2003

Abstract

We present pentacene-based radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder circuitry, patterned entirely using flexible shadow-masks, and operating at RF frequencies greater than 1 MHz. The circuits, fabricated on glass substrates, were powered using near-field inductive coupling, and designed for operation without a rectification stage. 1-bit transponders made using this approach operated at RF frequencies of 125 kHz (a common RFID frequency), and well above 1 MHz, and exhibited sufficient amplitude modulation of the absorbed RF to be detected externally with peak-detection demodulation.

Keywords

amplitude modulation; coupled circuits; identification technology; masks; organic semiconductors; peak detectors; radiofrequency integrated circuits; thin film circuits; transponders; 1 bit; 125 kHz; 8.8 MHz; absorbed RF amplitude modulation; flexible shadow-masks; glass substrates; near-field inductive coupling; peak-detection demodulation; pentacene-based RFID transponder; radio frequency identification transponder; thin film organic semiconductor IC; Amplitude modulation; Coupling circuits; Flexible printed circuits; Glass; Organic semiconductors; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency identification; Radiofrequency integrated circuits; Substrates; Transponders;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electron Devices Meeting, 2003. IEDM '03 Technical Digest. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Washington, DC, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7872-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEDM.2003.1269238

Filename

1269238