Effects of cycling humidity on the performance of RFID tags with ACA joints

IEEE Transactions on Reliability

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-31

  Saarinen, Kirsi ^a   Frisk, Laura ^a   Ukkonen, Leena ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anisotropic conductive adhesive; humidity; radio frequency identification

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVE ADHESIVES; BONDING PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY CONDITIONS; HUMIDITY CYCLING; HUMIDITY TESTS; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAGS; RF-ID TAGS; ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY; VARYING TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RADIO NAVIGATION; RELIABILITY; TESTING;

ADHESIVE JOINTS;

EID: 84858156411     PISSN: 00189529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TR.2011.2182223     Document Type: Article

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