IDTechEx Announces Printed Electronics Awards Winners

New Product Development Award: Kovio
Kovio wins the IDTechEx New Product Development Award sponsored by Smart Systems Campus for its printed silicon RFID platform. The company demonstrated the world's first silicon-ink based 128-bit HF (13.56 MHz) RFID tag. Based on ISO 14443 standards, this product features integrated synchronous analog, logic, anti-collision, and read-only memory blocks. With data rates of 106 kbps, this product is 100-1000X higher than previously reported printed organic tags. The breakthrough performance is enabled by Kovio's proprietary IC design and high performance silicon transistors—high mobility (~100 cm2/v.s) and low power (CMOS). Volume production is due to start later this year.