RFID’s Road Ahead

According to IDTechEx’s report, there are several other RFID production avenues available to converters. Installing a chip placement machine, for instance, could enable converters to attach chips to printed or pre-purchased antennas. Additionally, integrating printed battery technologies could gain converters entry into specialized RFID applications, such as labels with increased range, or RFID coupled with sensing or position-finding capabilities. Looking longer-term, chipless technology that incorporates fully printed RFID labels is also said to offer opportunities. According to Dr. Harrop, the biggest learning curve for the industry lies in “how to get rid of the expensive, brittle chip by printing the whole circuit.”