Comparative analysis of printed electronic circuits applying different printing technologies in the endurance test

Lutz Sommer; Lutz Sommer

doi:10.3934/ElectrEng.2018.1.12

AIMS Electronics and Electrical Engineering

2018, Volume 2, Issue 1: 12-26. doi: 10.3934/ElectrEng.2018.1.12

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Comparative analysis of printed electronic circuits applying different printing technologies in the endurance test

Lutz Sommer ^,

Faculty of Engineering, Albstadt-Sigmaringen University, 72458, Albstadt, Germany

Received: 06 December 2017 Accepted: 11 April 2018 Published: 17 April 2018

The aim of the study is the question, whether printed electronics circuitry from low-cost printers can be improved in quality by certain ink combinations or after-treatments in order to achieve acceptable results in comparison with circuitry from higher-quality printers. For this purpose, the six samples circuitries from different printers (professional and semi-professional) and different ink combinations (PEDOT: PSS, Silver and Carbon) were subjected to an endurance test of 5 million switching cycles under varying climatic conditions. For this purpose test number of N = 5 experimental evaluations were carried out for each samples (in total of 30 experimental evaluations were done). The results show that, respectable results could be achieved with corresponding ink and post-treatment combinations. This opens up new possibilities for future developments in the field of printers, inks and post-treatments under the aspect of “low-cost”.
- low-cost printers,
- conductive ink,
- switch,
- electronic circuits,
- printed electronics
Citation: Lutz Sommer. Comparative analysis of printed electronic circuits applying different printing technologies in the endurance test[J]. AIMS Electronics and Electrical Engineering, 2018, 2(1): 12-26. doi: 10.3934/ElectrEng.2018.1.12

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Abstract

The aim of the study is the question, whether printed electronics circuitry from low-cost printers can be improved in quality by certain ink combinations or after-treatments in order to achieve acceptable results in comparison with circuitry from higher-quality printers. For this purpose, the six samples circuitries from different printers (professional and semi-professional) and different ink combinations (PEDOT: PSS, Silver and Carbon) were subjected to an endurance test of 5 million switching cycles under varying climatic conditions. For this purpose test number of N = 5 experimental evaluations were carried out for each samples (in total of 30 experimental evaluations were done). The results show that, respectable results could be achieved with corresponding ink and post-treatment combinations. This opens up new possibilities for future developments in the field of printers, inks and post-treatments under the aspect of “low-cost”.

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