Poster presented in the Plastic Electronics Europe 2009

1. Inkjet Printed Organic RF Structures
WBAN sensors with Printed Organic Structures
PEC4 Cluster & Facilities PEC4: Vision & Objectives
The PEC4 Cluster (Printed Electronics Catalonia) is composed of a •Converging Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) technologies and sensor
public research centre (CNM), a university (UAB: Cephis & Cimitec) and interfaces with novel Organic and Large Area Electronics (OLAE).
a technology institute (CETEMMSA). Cluster works developing printed & •Focus on ubiquitous intelligence for Bio-Med applications and smart
hybrid systems for packaging and biomedical applications, embedded packaging through system integration of OLAE technologies and
solutions in RF, WBAN domains and ambient intelligence. silicon solutions.
Some key numbers: •Current research in architecture, circuit implementation and
• 35 people integration issues of passive & active RF systems on flexible substrates
• 320 m2 lab area using printing techniques (inkjet, R2R, screen, PVD and others).
• Clean room facilities for micro/nano-technologies (class 100-10.000) •Development of passive and active devices, hybridization
• Inkjet printers, R2R slot die coater, Screen printers, PVD, Physical techniques, multilayer structures and printed antennas.
device characterization lab, RF characterization lab …. •Developing a Design Kit for inkjet printing in order to take into
• 15 Printed Electronic projects running in Catalan, Spanish and EU account key parameters: ink-substrate interactions, printed
funding schemes. 2 SME funded projects. morphologies, environmental conditions, …
Work overview Heterogeneous system integration:
Inkjet Passive and active devices, elements
•Developing Wireless Active & and other electronic structures using printed
Passive Body Area Networks electronics techniques interconnected with
(WBAN) using hybridized silicon silicon chip systems on flexible substrates
RF dies over flexible substrates (plastic or even paper) hybrid systems.
with printed organic active
and passive devices. Diodes
•Lightweight WBAN protocols for ultra-low power
systems.
•Improved UHF RF inkjet printed passive and active Inkjet multilayer structures
devices.
Modeling, simulation & Design Rules for Inkjet-OLAE
Synthesized patterns: Technology:
•Printing techniques
•Substrate
•Ink, coating, …
• DRC, XTR, FAB 3D… Resistive sensors
Interdigital and MIM Capacitors L-C resonant tank
Cell
library
Design Tool Design
in Printed Antennas RF UHF fllters Inductors
development Electronics
specific
Diode-based rectifier
circuits
.ptf
file
Hybrid systems Batteries
Contact information
Eloi Ramon
Cluster Office QC2088, ETSE, Campus UAB
08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona)
www.PEC4.net Eloi.Ramon@uab.cat
PEC4@PEC4.net