Additively manufactured nanotechnology and origami-enabled flexible microwave electronics

Jimmy G. Hester; Sangkil Kim; Jo Bito; Taoran Le; John Kimionis; Daniel Revier; Christy Saintsing; Wenjing Su; Bijan Tehrani; Anya Traille; Benjamin S. Cook; Manos M. Tentzeris

doi:10.1109/JPROC.2015.2405545

Additively manufactured nanotechnology and origami-enabled flexible microwave electronics

Jimmy G. Hester, Sangkil Kim, Jo Bito, Taoran Le, John Kimionis, Daniel Revier, Christy Saintsing, Wenjing Su, Bijan Tehrani, Anya Traille, Benjamin S. Cook, Manos M. Tentzeris

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Abstract

Inkjet printing on flexible paper and additive manufacturing technologies (AMT) are introduced for the sustainable ultra-low-cost fabrication of flexible radio frequency (RF)/microwave electronics and sensors. This paper covers examples of state-of-the-art integrated wireless sensor modules on paper or flexible polymers and shows numerous inkjet-printed passives, sensors, origami, and microfluidics topologies. It also demonstrates additively manufactured antennas that could potentially set the foundation for the truly convergent wireless sensor ad-hoc networks of the future with enhanced cognitive intelligence and 'zero-power' operability through ambient energy harvesting and wireless power transfer. The paper also discusses the major challenges for the realization of inkjet-printed/3-D printed high-complexity flexible modules as well as future directions in the area of environmentally-friendly 'Green') RF electronics and 'Smart-House' conformal sensors.

Original language	English
Article number	7110429
Pages (from-to)	583-606
Number of pages	24
Journal	Proceedings of the IEEE
Volume	103
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2015.2405545
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2015
Publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

Additive manufacturing
antennas
flexible electronics
inkjet-printing
microfluidics
modules
nanotechnology
origami
passives
radio frequency (RF)
wireless sensors

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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