Research Article

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

Table 1

Absolute and relative amount of printed pixels in each deposition mask (1 layer).

Deposition maskPrinted pixels (abs.)Relative amount of printed pixels

Full antenna3.95·104100%
5 mask2.31·10458.4%
10 mask6.65·10316.9%
40 mask2.40·1036.10%
Dipole arms (DA)3.05·10477.4%
Matching network (DM)9.27·10323.6%