POLYAPPLY: The application of polymer electronics towards ambient intelligence

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 03.0314-2

Key words (German)

Leitende Polymere; Transponder; RFID

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: 507143

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 6. Frame Research Programme - 1.2 Communications technologies

Short description (English)

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Abstract (English)

PolyApply is aimed at the application of polymer electronics towards ambient intelligence. The project focuses on the development of polymer electronic and manufacturing technologies applied to the production of printable RFID tags. The expressed key to achieving a different cost point than what will be reachable in the future with the evolution of the existing technologies (e.g. CMOS) is to move to a disruptive new manufacturing technology: going from batch processing to in-line manufacturing technology replacing silicon by polymers. PolyApply is structured in work packages. The core work package is 'Reference Design', where the specifications to applications are matched to the technological possibilities, also including standardization. EM's participation in the project is limited to this first work package, collaborating in the following tasks such as System and Device Specification, System Evaluation, Application Portfolio, Cost Assessment and Standardization of RF Interface. The technological developments are structured in two work packages: 'Manufacturing and Processing', for the in-line manufacturing technology, and 'Materials, Devices and Circuits' for the development of basic devices, materials, modelling and packaging modules compatible with the in-line manufacturing technologies. Reality check is done in work packages 'Reliability' and 'Recycling and Life Cycle'.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
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Swiss Project-Number: 03.0314-2