Carbon nonwoven RFID antennas for smart wearable applications

Teemu Salo; Tiina Vuohijoki; Asif Shaikh; Johanna Virkki; Jukka Vanhala

doi:10.1109/FLEPS61194.2024.10604156

Carbon nonwoven RFID antennas for smart wearable applications

Teemu Salo
, Tiina Vuohijoki
, Asif Shaikh
, Johanna Virkki
, Jukka Vanhala

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Abstract

In this research, conductive carbon fiber cloth (CFC) is investigated as the conductive material for passive ultra-high frequency (UHF) radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. Laminated between compliant thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) films, features, such as easy integration on textiles, flexibility, and watertightness can be promoted. Based on four different sample types, the optimum antenna structure with the highest read range is studied. The results show the conductive CFC can be laminated with TPU without damaging the microcircuit and read range of > 100 cm is achieved. The structure of material layering impacts the read ranges: adding additional TPU film inside the antenna can decrease read range loss. To demonstrate a possible application of the prepared RFID tag on clothing, the tag is laminated on a textile and covered with a decorative patch. The results and experiments show possibilities and development paths for cost-effective and washable RFID tags for smart textiles.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2024 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS)
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-3503-8326-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/FLEPS61194.2024.10604156
Publication status	Published - 2024
Publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings
Event	IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems - Tampere, Finland Duration: 30 Jun 2024 → 3 Jul 2024

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Name	IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems
ISSN (Electronic)	2832-8256

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Conference	IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems
Country/Territory	Finland
City	Tampere
Period	30/06/24 → 3/07/24

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This article was funded by the Academic of Finland under the project REEL, decision number 334175.

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Salo, T, Vuohijoki, T , Shaikh, A , Virkki, J & Vanhala, J 2024, Carbon nonwoven RFID antennas for smart wearable applications. in 2024 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS). IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems, IEEE, IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems, Tampere, Finland, 30/06/24. https://doi.org/10.1109/FLEPS61194.2024.10604156

Carbon nonwoven RFID antennas for smart wearable applications. / Salo, Teemu; Vuohijoki, Tiina ; Shaikh, Asif et al.
2024 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS). IEEE, 2024. (IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems).

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