SNOA957B September 2016 – June 2021 LDC0851 , LDC1001 , LDC1001-Q1 , LDC1041 , LDC1051 , LDC1101 , LDC1312 , LDC1312-Q1 , LDC1314 , LDC1314-Q1 , LDC1612 , LDC1612-Q1 , LDC1614 , LDC1614-Q1 , LDC2112 , LDC2114 , LDC3114 , LDC3114-Q1
Targets printed in conductive ink can be used to create a wide variety of target shapes. Many conductive inks are based on silver, which is an excellent conductor but due to the additional materials in the ink conductivity is typically just ~30% of pure silver. This reduction in conductivity unfortunately increases the skin depth of conductive inks, which are also quite thin - typically 15 µm or thinner. The measured LDC response is typically <10% compared to a silver conductor with a thickness of 4+ skin depths.
This reduced response limits the precision of applications using conductive ink targets, but for many cases it is acceptable.