ABSTRACT
Printed electronics denotes a set of printing methods which can realize ultra low-cost, large area and flexible computing systems. Therefore, printed electronics emerge as a promising solution for application domains such as smart packaging, disposables, fast moving consumer goods, in-situ monitoring, and low-end healthcare products, like smart bandages. Printing technologies are broadly divided into two categories. Some printing technologies are based on purely additive manufacturing process, while others employ subtractive process as well. In the subtractive process, a series of deposition and etching steps are involved, similar to the silicon based processing. Printed technologies include processes such as jet-printing, screen- or gravure-printing. Though, printed electronics form an extreme use case of embedded machine learning and due to several limitations the design of complex printed classifiers is very challenging and mandates non conventional approaches.
