@inproceedings{ebee17e3f8e74a54b6a747c1a744ef69,
title = "Intelligent Wristbands: Fabrication of Wearable RFID Solutions by 3D Printing Pen",
abstract = "We present RFID (radio frequency identification)-based passive UHF (ultra-high frequency) wristbands fabricated with a 3D printing pen. The used 3D printing material is flexible and biodegradable, and thus suitable for fabrication of such inexpensive and widely useful wearable wireless platforms. The tag antenna (that is fabricated from conductive thread) and the RFID IC (integrated circuit) are embedded into the platform by using 3D-printed fasteners. This paper presents the wristband fabrication, ensures their reliability, and carries out practical testing in normal use environments. Based on the achieved results, the studied combination of conductive thread and 3D printing pen is a suitable fabrication solution for intelligent wearable platforms. The fabricated wristbands show high moisture reliability and excellent wireless performance in practical testing situations.",
keywords = "3D printing pen, Eco-friendliness, flexible electronics, passive UHF RFID, wearable electronics",
author = "Adnan Mehmood and Xiaochen Chen and Han He and Shubin Ma and Leena Ukkonen and Johanna Virkki",
note = "JUFOID=73676 Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 IEEE. Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.; IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting ; Conference date: 05-07-2020 Through 10-07-2020",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.1109/IEEECONF35879.2020.9329572",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-7281-6671-1",
series = "IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation",
publisher = "IEEE",
pages = "1319--1320",
booktitle = "2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting",
}