Electronic synthesis of printed resistor layout for a thermal petri dish incubator

M. R. Pilkington; P. H. Bezuidenhout; K. Land; T.-H. Joubert

doi:10.1117/12.2502542

24 January 2019 Electronic synthesis of printed resistor layout for a thermal petri dish incubator

M. R. Pilkington, P. H. Bezuidenhout, K. Land, T.-H. Joubert

Proceedings Volume 11043, Fifth Conference on Sensors, MEMS, and Electro-Optic Systems; 110430F (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2502542
Event: Fifth Conference on Sensors, MEMS, and Electro-Optic Systems, 2018, Skukuza, South Africa

Abstract

This paper presents the development of design software for inkjet-printed resistor structure layout, which con- tributes to rapid prototyping of good quality printed electronics circuits. The synthesis software was implemented using the Java SE Development Kit 8 and provides a GUI front end and automated design of resistive structures for ease of use. Several layout configurations synthesized for inkjet-printed nanosilver resistors were validated over a range of 1 Ω to 200 Ω. In doing so, Harima NPS-JL silver nanoparticle ink was characterized for sheet resistance and TCR. The software was able to synthesize resistive structures with a worst-case error of 19%, and thus, has the potential to produce practical structures for use in real world applications, such as a printed heating element for a thermal petri dish incubator.

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M. R. Pilkington, P. H. Bezuidenhout, K. Land, and T.-H. Joubert "Electronic synthesis of printed resistor layout for a thermal petri dish incubator", Proc. SPIE 11043, Fifth Conference on Sensors, MEMS, and Electro-Optic Systems, 110430F (24 January 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2502542

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