Assembly of the RFID-Chip to the Antenna, Current and Possible Future Processes

Current methods:

and evaluation for tag manufacturing

Beyond pick and place: future of RFID manufacturing

Volker Arning studied Chemistry and Business at the universities of Düsseldorf, Germany and Sydney, Australia. He received a scholarship of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and participated in the MBA-International Case Competition in Montreal in 2005 placing 4th out of 30 teams.

After his degree, where he focussed on surface chemistry and atomic force microscopy, he started his PhD at Degussa GmbH with academic mentoring of Prof. Dr. Möller of the DWI at RWTH Aachen.

His thesis is on modifying materials and surfaces to improve the assembly process of RFID tags. He is further on developing ink formulations for printable electronics.

Degussa GmbH is the world leading supplier for speciality chemicals and nanostructures materials with sales of 10,9 bn€ and an Ebit of 879 m€ in 2006. Degussa is strongly committed to Research and Development, not only visible through the 100m€ investment into the Science to Business Centers in Marl. The business unit Creavis develops future businesses and new technological platforms, including organic and inorganic materials for printable electronic.