TRUE (Thin-film Rectifiers for UHF Electronics)

在日常物品中加入射频（RFID）功能开辟了丰富的市场机会，从直接与消费者互动的能力，到无需扫描的零售和准确的库存管理。最终，这是物联网（IoT）所基于的平台，然而，现有硅解决方案的成本点阻止了它成为除最高端的消费品之外的所有现实。柔性电子产品具有较低的电路和系统成本，非常适合扩展RFID可以解决的应用范围。在这个项目中，PragmatIC是设计、开发和制造塑料基板上的非硅柔性集成电路（flexic）的先驱，旨在实现RFID电路（工作频率为900MHz）前端性能的逐步变化，并降低柔性电路的总体功耗。预计这将在未来几年带来数十亿美元的机会，特别是与英国的数字制造战略（基于可以实现的亚美分系统成本）相关联。

Including radio-frequency (RFID) capability within everyday objects opens-up a wealth of market opportunities, from the ability to interact directly with the consumer, to scan-free retail and accurate stock management. Ultimately this is the platform on which the Internet-of-Things (IoT) is based, however, the cost point of the incumbent silicon solution prevents this becoming a reality for all but the highest end consumer goods. Flexible electronics, with its substantially lower circuit and system costs, is ideally suited to expand the range of applications that can be addressed by RFID. In this project PragmatIC, a pioneer in the design, development and manufacture of non-silicon flexible integrated circuits on plastic substrates (FlexICs), aims to achieve a step-change in the front-end performance of the RFID circuitry (operating at 900MHz) and reduce the overall power consumption of the flexible circuit. This is expected to open-up a multi-$Bn opportunity over the coming years, in particular linking with the UK's digital manufacturing strategy, based on the sub-cent system costs that can be achieved.