Printed Electronic Design

INNOVATIVE ELECTRONICS

Printed Electronics

BioAge has extensive experience in the design and production of printed electronic circuits, using functional inks for pioneering applications. This expertise has grown through participation in numerous European research projects, which included the development of circuits on unconventional substrates such as paper and fabrics.

BioAge designs and creates printed electronic circuits on a variety of materials, including paper, fabric, sponge, leather, plastic films, and wood. These circuits deliver advanced functionality through hybrid integration processes, enabling the combination of diverse materials and technologies to achieve optimized, high-performance results.

MATERIALS

Printable Inks

Conductive

Silver, Copper, PEDOT

Resistive

Dielectric

Piezoresistive

Electroluminescent

For Electrochemistry

Superhydrophobic

TECHNOLOGIES

Printing Processes

With its in-house rapid prototyping labs, BioAge can independently create electronic circuits using the following printing processes:

Screen Printing

Pad Printing

Airbrushing

SURFACE FINISHES

Electroplating Treatments

BioAge performs electroplating surface treatments to coat printed electronic structures. Typically, the printing is done using the techniques mentioned above with conductive inks based on silver, copper, or graphite. The print is then subjected to an electroplating process to deposit a thin metallic film such as gold, platinum, silver, copper, rhodium, ruthenium, palladium, nickel, zinc, and others.

PROCESS TECHNOLOGY

Advanced Functionality Integration

BioAge can add advanced functionalities to printed electronics through innovative hybrid integration processes, which allow for the addition of advanced devices, such as microprocessors, wireless data transmission, and more. BioAge’s integration processes utilize the following methods/materials:

Encapsulation of devices in functional “buttons”
Conductive adhesives
Conductive thread stitching
Isotropic conductive adhesive films
Anisotropic conductive adhesive films
Soldering

SOME DEVELOPMENTS

Design Examples

Printed chemical sensors on paper, electrowetting on paper, e-design seat, e-design headliner, electroluminescent display, blister, sponge, and functional “button”.