IDTechEx Announces Printed Electronics Awards Winners
April 17, 2009
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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.
Commercialization Award: Power Paper
Power Paper won the commercialization award for ingenious use of its printed thin film batteries. Over one million batteries are made each month, which are used for a diverse range of applications. Big successes include the use of batteries integrated into skin patches to significantly speed up the delivery of the cosmetic or drug. Customers include Estee Lauder.
Academic R&D Award: University of Massachusetts working with Brewer Science and Optomec
The University of Massachusetts, Brewer Science and Optomec won the academic award for printing carbon nanotubes to create 5 GHz transistors. The aerosol jet deposition process from Optomec was used to completely print all four layers of the Thin Film Transistor including materials with a wide spectrum of viscosities.
Submissions were judged by a panel made up of four independent experts. For more details please see www.IDTechEx.com/awards.
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