Active wireless tagging system on peel and stick substrate

A flexible peel-and-stick battery-operated device comprising:

• a plurality of layers wherein the layers are held to one another as a single package, wherein the layers include:
• a flexible substrate;
• an electronic circuit and an RF-activated switch;
• a thin-film battery deposited as a series of layers, the series of layers including a cathode layer, an electrolyte layer, and an anode layer, operatively coupled by the RF-activated switch upon receipt of RF energy to the electronic circuit to provide power;
• a radio frequency (RF) antenna operatively coupled to the electronic circuit;
• and
• a peel-and-stick adhesive layer configured to connect the battery-operated device to a surface, wherein the layers are stacked in the order comprising:
• the adhesive layer wherein the adhesive layer is pressure sensitive and covered by a peel-able release layer;
• the flexible substrate;
• the thin-film battery deposited on the flexible substrate;
• the wiring layer including an RF antenna deposited on the previous layers;
• and
• the electronic circuit including an RF-enabled switch deposited on the wiring layer.

A system for making an RFID device, the system comprising:

• one or more supply reels that feed one or more source substrates;
• one or more supply reels that feed one or more electronic circuits, an RF-activated switch, and an RF antenna;
• one or more deposition stations that deposit a series of layers onto the one or more substrates, wherein the series of layers include:
• (i) layers to form a solid-state lithium-based battery, the battery layers including:
• a) a cathode layer;
• b) an electrolyte layer;
• c) an anode layer;
• (ii) a wiring layer to couple the battery to the electronic circuit layer, and to couple the RF antenna to the electronic circuit;
• and
• a supply reel that feeds a peel-and-stick adhesive layer;
• and
• a vacuum chamber that contains the supply reels and the deposition station, wherein the RF-activated switch is operable to connect electrical power and activate the one or more electronic circuits upon receipt of RF energy.