Printed RFID Markets

Radio frequency identification (RFID) promises a major new revolution in information technology. It can bring enhanced productivity to supply chain management, inventory control, package tracking and a host of other business functions. However, to be widely deployed, RFID tags must be manufactured at exceptionally low cost. Printed electronics offers a way to achieve this goal. This report reviews the market for printed RFID; both complete tags and antennas. It examines the potential of the latest developments in RFID, including the performance of the first commercial 13 MHz tags to hit the market; research on printed UHF tags; and the impact of printed silicon electronics on the manufacture of RFID tags. It also profiles the activities of 11 organizations involved with the development and manufacture of printed RFID products and provides both an update on the exciting new developments in this field and an eight-year forecast of revenues from the printed RFID sector in volume and value terms.
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chapter one: printed electronics market overview
chapter two: the evolution of printed electronics technology and the birth of an industry

Materials and Production Issues: Improvements and Outstanding Issues
Mega-Drivers for Printable Electronics
How Printed Electronics Can "Save" the Electronics Industry
Dawn of an Industry?
chapter three: printed rfid

RFID Technology
Active and Passive Tags
Generations of RFIDs
Frequency Issues
Failure Rate
Privacy
chapter four: the value proposition of printing rfid

Arguments for Printing RFID
The Limits of Printing RFID and Arguments Against It
chapter five: rfid pricing
chapter six: printed rfid technology

Antennas
Tags
Memory
chapter seven: current and future applications for printed rfid

Palette-level Tagging
Item-level Tagging
Animal and People Tracking
Other Applications
The PRISMA Project
chapter eight: firms and research institutes to watch in the printed rfid space

GSI Technologies: Printed Antennas
IMEC
Kovio
Motorola
ORFID
OrganicID
Philips
PolyIC
chapter nine: printed systems

RSI ID Technologies
Semprius
chapter ten: eight-year forecasts of printed rfid markets

What Has Changed in the Past Year
Summary of Forecasts
Acronyms and Abbreviations Used in this Report
About the Authors
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Exhibit 1: Major Economic Drivers for Printed Electronics
Exhibit 2: Industry Sector "Crises" and How TOP Electronics Can Help
Exhibit 3: TFE's Partners
Exhibit 4: TFE's Printed Memory Specs
Exhibit 5: Selected RFID Applications
Exhibit 6: Forecast of Printed RFID Revenues ($ Millions)
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