Development trends and challenges of RFID tag antennas

According to the information we have learned from the industry, the current trends and challenges in the RFID tag antenna industry mainly include the following points:

1 Price competition is fierce and antenna manufacturers have thin profits

Although a large number of RFID tag antenna manufacturers have been eliminated due to environmental protection requirements, the price competition between the remaining leading companies is also fierce.

2 The price optimization of aluminum etching process is close to the ceiling

Currently, the vast majority of RFID tag antennas on the market use aluminum etching processes. The raw materials used in antenna factories are mainly aluminum, substrates, hydrochloric acid and other chemicals. The prices of raw materials have fluctuated greatly in recent years, coupled with domestic labor costs. It is also gradually increasing, so the cost optimization of RFID Antenna using aluminum etching process is approaching the limit.

In addition to aluminum antennas, there are also some copper antennas. However, copper antennas are only used in a small number of applications because of the high price of raw materials.

3 The market needs new antenna processes to reduce the cost of tags

The price optimization of the aluminum etching process has reached its limit, and new processes are needed. Currently, there are two types of new processes in use in small quantities on the market. The first is die-cut antennas, and the second is printed antennas. These two types of antennas can theoretically be used in Cost optimization is carried out, but to achieve large-scale application, the production process needs to be mature.

4 Labels for environmentally friendly processes have begun to receive industry attention

In today's society, environmental protection and sustainable development are receiving more and more attention. Based on this background, RFID tags with environmentally friendly technology have begun to be used on the market. RFID environmentally friendly tags are mainly reflected in two aspects. The first is the base material. Traditional Materials such as PET are difficult to degrade, so paper-based RFID tags are beginning to appear on the market; the second is the antenna production process. The traditional etching process will cause serious chemical pollution, and die-cutting, printing and other processes, this aspect Pollution is greatly reduced.