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Tyco, Graphic Solutions Roll Out Joint RFID Solution
May 10, 2006 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A customized assembly system for radio frequency identification (RFID) inlay is in development by Tyco Electronics' Global Application Tooling Division (GATD) and Burr Ridge, Ill.-based Graphic Solutions International, LLC (GSI). The system will assemble semiconductor chips, surface mount devices (SMDs), and printed batteries onto a continuous web of printed antennas, adding RFID capability to tags and labels.
Tyco Electronics has provided a reel-to-reel system to GSI that allows mounting of flip chips, SMDs, and printed batteries on a continuous web of printed antennas and conductive traces. It reportedly can mount electronic components on a 1,800-m roll of 500-mm wide paper, polyethylene terephthalate (PET), or other flexible substrates at high speed. After conductive printing, the roll feeds into the machine where components are added, along with one or two printed batteries. Upon completion, the roll can be slit into individual streams and rolled, or supplied in production web-width rolls for delivery. A typical circuit is inlaid with batteries, an RFID chip, and a printed antenna. The speed of this machine is said to allow for production levels up to 26 million inlays per year.
The system accommodates printed substrates from 50–125 µm thick, mounts on continuous rolls with a repeat pitch of 20 mm, and positions chips to micron accuracy. For more information on Tyco Electronics' RFID inlay assembly systems, please contact George Szekely at (215) 657-6202 or via e-mail at george.szekely@tycoelectronics.com.