A Selective Ink Deposition Method for the Cost-Performance Optimization of Inkjet-Printed UHF RFID Tag Antennas

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Performance criteria</td><td align="center">Selected deposition mask</td><td align="center">Possible savings in ink consumption</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">7 m</td><td align="center">5 mask <i>(projected</i>)</td><td align="center">22.1%</td></tr><tr><td align="left">6 m</td><td align="center">5 mask</td><td align="center">31.1%</td></tr><tr><td align="left">5 m</td><td align="center">10 mask</td><td align="center">49.8%</td></tr><tr><td align="left">4 m</td><td align="center">10 mask</td><td align="center">41.6%</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Ink savings at different tag performance criteria.

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

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Table 3: A Selective Ink Deposition Method for the Cost-Performance Optimization of Inkjet-Printed UHF RFID Tag Antennas 