PRINTED ELECTRONICS GLOSSARY TERMS

A

Ad hoc networks Addressability Algorithm Ambient power Anilox rollers ANSI American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Antenna Application Standards ASCII Authentication

B

Batteries, printed Battery testers Bi-directional Biometrics BIPV Bit BPI BPM BSI Byte

C

Capacitive coupling Capacitive energy harvesting Capacity Capture field Capture window Carbon nanotubes CEN CENELEC CEPT Charge pump, flexible Chip famines Chip tag Chipless first generation Chipless second generation Chipless tag Cipher CMOS Computer Network Conditional Conductors Conformance standards Conjugated polymers Consumer goods Consumer market Contacted Chip Card Contactless Chip Card Cost of energy harvesting CPG CRT Crystalline CVD

D

DB Demographic timebomb Digital Dip pen nanolithography Disposable flexible circuits DOD DPM DRAM Drive circuits Dumb

E

EAN EAS ECR EDI EEPROM EL e-labels Electric Field Coupling Electrochemical displays Electro-chemical displays Electrochromic displays Electrodynamic energy harvesting Electroluminescence Electro-magnetic coupling Electro-magnetic EAS Electro-magnetic RFID Electrophoretic display Electrostatic coupling EMID EPC or ePC EPCglobal ETSI

F

Fabless Ferroelectric memory FET Field Effect Transistor Flash memory Flat panel antenna Flexography FMCG FPD Frequency Fuel cells microbial

G

GAV GB GCI GHz GPRS GPS Gravure GSM

H

HF Hierarchy of networks Hydrophilic Hydrophobic

I

IATA IC ID IEE IEEE Indium Tin Oxide Inductive Ink jet Intelligent packaging Internet of Things Interrogator Iontophoresis IP ISO IT Item level RFID ITU IWG

J

JTAV

K

Kb KB

L

Laminar electronics LAN Large area displays LC LC Array LCD LED Letterpress Light Emitting Diodes Liquid crystal display Liquid embossing

M

Magnetic Stripe Cards Magnetostriction Membrane keyboard Memory Card MEMS (Electronic) MEMS (Medical) Mesh networks Metadata Microcontact printing Microsensors Microtransfer patterning Microwave Middleware Military RFID Misread Modulation mS Multi-Purpose Card Multi-tag reading

N

Nanoscale Nanotechnology Nanotubes Nanowire Near Field Communication (NFC) NFC NMOS NOS ns

O

OFET Off-line Offset gravure Offset liquid embossing Offset lithography OLE OLED Oligomer Oligophenylene OLLA Omnidirectional On-line ONS Open System Open System Architecture Operating System Optical Memory Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) Organic Light Emitting Diode Displays Organic Light Emitting Diode large molecule Organic Light Emitting Diode small molecule Origami Electronics OSI

P

Packaging Pad Pad printing Parity Passive tag Pathogen PCM PDA PDMS PEDOT PEDOT: PSS PEDs Pentacene Photovoltaic Polymers Piezoelectric PIN PLED PML PMOS PMR Polyaniline Polydimethyl-siloxane Polymer light emitting diodes Polymer photodiodes Polymer transistor Polyphenylenevinylene Polypyrrole Polythienylenevinylene Polythiophenes Power levels PPV Precursor Primary packaging Printed electronics Printing processes Printing technology, depressed Printing technology, raised Product internet Programmability Protocol Proximity sensor

R

Radiation regulations Range Read Read rate Read writer Readability Read-Access Reader Reader Real Time Location System RTLS Regioregular polythiophenes Remote Magnetics Reprogrammable Retail RFID Reverse supply chain RFAIS RFID RFID system Roll up displays Rotary letterpress RTLS

S

SAM SAVANT SAW Screen printing Secondary packaging Segmental numbering schemes Self assembly Semi-active RFID Semi-passive RFID Sequential numbering systems Shrinkage Silicon chip Smart Active Label Smart Cards Smart dust Smart labels Smart packaging Smart tickets Soft lithography Source tagging SST START Swept RF EAS and RFID

T

Tag Tampography TAV TCP/IP Technology Standards Tertiary packaging Tetracene TFTC Thermal transfer Timers Transdermal Transfer printing Transistor TTB TTI

U

Ubiquitous ID Center Ubiquitous Sensor Networks USN UCC UHF UID ULD UMTS UPU

V

Viscoelastic

W

WHO WLAN Write Write rate

Z

ZigBee