Printed electronics company Schreiner PrinTronics has come up with a "world-first" printed RFID sensor platform featuring a label with electrical functions.
Using printed conductive traces, the label combines a temperature and a first-opening sensor with a NFC chip.
The device has an imprinted NFC antenna, allowing the chip to be read with a smartphone equipped for this purpose.
Developed for roll-to-roll processes, the solution is ideally suited for automated processing, says the company.
When the printed RFID sensor platform is used to seal a pack it performs two essential functions: it continuously measures and records temperatures (through a sensor) across the entire supply chain during the label’s lifetime.
A very thin, flexible battery embedded in the label enables such long-term data logging.
Second, an additionally integrated first-opening sensor indicates whether or not the label has been tampered with or opened.
This story was sourced from the Active & Intelligent Packaging Association. To learn more: www.aipia.info
