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A Novel Metamaterial Inspired High-Temperature Microwave Sensor in Harsh Environments

A high-temperature sensor based on a metamaterial unit cell is proposed in this paper. The wireless passive temperature sensing method is based on the electromagnetic backscatter principle, and thus has the advantages of higher quality, lower environmental interference, and anti-low frequency interf...

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Autores principales: Lu, Fengxiang, Tan, Qiulin, Ji, Yaohui, Guo, Qianqian, Guo, Yanjie, Xiong, Jijun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6163963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30200337
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18092879
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author Lu, Fengxiang
Tan, Qiulin
Ji, Yaohui
Guo, Qianqian
Guo, Yanjie
Xiong, Jijun
author_facet Lu, Fengxiang
Tan, Qiulin
Ji, Yaohui
Guo, Qianqian
Guo, Yanjie
Xiong, Jijun
author_sort Lu, Fengxiang
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description A high-temperature sensor based on a metamaterial unit cell is proposed in this paper. The wireless passive temperature sensing method is based on the electromagnetic backscatter principle, and thus has the advantages of higher quality, lower environmental interference, and anti-low frequency interference. We developed a finite-element method-based model for the sensor via high-frequency simulation software (HFSS). A double split-ring resonator (SRR) with an outer ring length of 13 mm was designed on alumina ceramic substrate. The sensor was fabricated at 2.42 GHz using micromechanical technology and screen printing technology. When the temperature increased from 28 to 1100 °C, the resonant frequency decreased from 2.417 to 2.320 GHz with an average sensitivity of 95.63 kHz/°C. As the sensor is easily designed and fabricated, it can be used for chipless radio frequency identification (RFID) tags by simply changing the size of rings. Furthermore, emerging 3D printing technology and commercial desktop inkjet printers will be used to realize the rapid low-cost preparation of the sensor, enabling its wide range of applications in aerospace, military, manufacturing, transportation, and other fields.
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spelling pubmed-61639632018-10-10 A Novel Metamaterial Inspired High-Temperature Microwave Sensor in Harsh Environments Lu, Fengxiang Tan, Qiulin Ji, Yaohui Guo, Qianqian Guo, Yanjie Xiong, Jijun Sensors (Basel) Article A high-temperature sensor based on a metamaterial unit cell is proposed in this paper. The wireless passive temperature sensing method is based on the electromagnetic backscatter principle, and thus has the advantages of higher quality, lower environmental interference, and anti-low frequency interference. We developed a finite-element method-based model for the sensor via high-frequency simulation software (HFSS). A double split-ring resonator (SRR) with an outer ring length of 13 mm was designed on alumina ceramic substrate. The sensor was fabricated at 2.42 GHz using micromechanical technology and screen printing technology. When the temperature increased from 28 to 1100 °C, the resonant frequency decreased from 2.417 to 2.320 GHz with an average sensitivity of 95.63 kHz/°C. As the sensor is easily designed and fabricated, it can be used for chipless radio frequency identification (RFID) tags by simply changing the size of rings. Furthermore, emerging 3D printing technology and commercial desktop inkjet printers will be used to realize the rapid low-cost preparation of the sensor, enabling its wide range of applications in aerospace, military, manufacturing, transportation, and other fields. MDPI 2018-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC6163963/ /pubmed/30200337 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18092879 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Lu, Fengxiang
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A Novel Metamaterial Inspired High-Temperature Microwave Sensor in Harsh Environments
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title_full A Novel Metamaterial Inspired High-Temperature Microwave Sensor in Harsh Environments
title_fullStr A Novel Metamaterial Inspired High-Temperature Microwave Sensor in Harsh Environments
title_full_unstemmed A Novel Metamaterial Inspired High-Temperature Microwave Sensor in Harsh Environments
title_short A Novel Metamaterial Inspired High-Temperature Microwave Sensor in Harsh Environments
title_sort novel metamaterial inspired high-temperature microwave sensor in harsh environments
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6163963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30200337
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s18092879
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