Smart Electronic Systems

Li-Rong Zheng is professor in Media Electronics at the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden, as well as founder and director of iPack VINN Excellence Center. Since 2010, he holds the position as a distinguished professor and director of ICT School at the Fudan University in Shanghai, China. His research interests include electronic circuits, wireless sensors, systems for ambient intelligence and the internet-of-things.In 2001, he received his Ph.D. degree in electronic system design from the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden.He has authored more than 400 scientific publications. He is member of the steering board of the International Conference on Internet-of-Things.Hannu Tenhunen is professor at the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden, and holds invited and honorary professorships in Finland, USA, France, China and Hong Kong. During the last 20 years he has been actively involved in high technology policies, technology impact studies, innovations and changing the educational system. For instance, he was director of various European graduate schools and he was Education Director of the new European flagship initiative European Institute of Technology and Innovations (EIT) and the Knowledge and Innovation Community: EIT ICT Labs.He has authored more than 700 scientific publications and holds 9 patents. Furthermore, he was one of the originators of the interconnect-centric design, globally asynchronous/locally synchronous concept and network-on-chip (NoC) paradigms.

• Preface xiAcknowledgment xiiiPart I Materials and Processes for Printed Electronics 11 Introduction 31.1 Connected Smart World 31.2 Smart Electronic Systems 41.3 Overview of the Book 62 Functional Electronic Inks 112.1 Introduction 112.2 Conductive Inks 172.3 Semiconductor Inks 332.4 Summary 43Part II Printed Electronic Building Blocks 533 Printed Thin-film Transistors (TFTs) and Logic Circuits 553.1 Introduction 553.2 TFT Structure and Operation 603.3 Printed TFTs: an Overview 643.4 Carbon Nanotube (CNT)-network TFTs 713.5 Logic Circuits Based on CNT-TFTs 823.6 Summary 844 Printed Passive Wireless Sensors 914.1 Introduction 914.2 Sensing Materials 924.3 Passive UHF Wireless Sensor 994.4 Passive UWB Wireless Sensor 1084.5 Summary 1185 Printed RFID Antennas 1255.1 Introduction 1255.2 Future Trends and Challenges 1265.3 RFID Antennas: Narrow Band 1275.4 RFID Antennas: Wideband 1335.5 RFID Antennas: Sensor Enabled 1435.6 Summary 1526 Printed Chipless RFID Tags 1576.1 Introduction 1576.2 Time-domain-based RFID Tags 1666.3 Frequency-domain-based RFID Tags 1716.4 Printing of Chipless RFID Tags 1726.5 Summary 178Part III System Integration for Printed Electronics 1837 Heterogeneous Integration of Silicon and Printed Electronics 1857.1 Introduction 1857.2 Inkjet-printed Interconnections 1867.3 Heterogeneous Integration 1927.4 Summary 2018 Intelligent Packaging: Humidity Sensing System 2058.1 Introduction 2058.2 Plastic-based Humidity Sensor Box Prototype 2078.3 Paper-based Humidity Sensor Card Prototype 2108.4 Summary 2189 Wearable Healthcare Device: Bio-Patch 2219.1 Introduction 2219.2 System Overview 2229.3 Paper-based Bio-Patch 2309.4 Polyimide-based Multi-channel Bio-Patch 2309.5 Polyimide-based Miniaturized Bio-Patch 2349.6 Summary 23910 Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for Printed Electronics 24310.1 Introduction 24310.2 Analysis Methodology 24610.3 Environmental Footprint 25210.4 Sustainable Production of Polymer- and Paper-based RFID Antennas 25810.5 Summary 264References 265Index 269

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