• DocumentCode
    1461689
  • Title

    Wireless ferroelectric resonating sensor

  • Author

    Viikari, Ville ; Seppä, Heikki ; Mattila, Tomi ; Alastalo, Ari

  • Author_Institution
    VTT Tech. Res. Centre, Espoo, Finland
  • Volume
    57
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    4/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    785
  • Lastpage
    791
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a passive wireless resonating sensor that is based on a ferroelectric varactor. The sensor replies with its data at an intermodulation frequency when a reader device illuminates it at 2 closely located frequencies. The paper derives a theoretical equation for the response of such a sensor, verifies the theory by simulations, and demonstrates a temperature sensor based on a ferroelectric varactor.
  • Keywords
    ferroelectric devices; temperature sensors; varactors; ferroelectric varactor; intermodulation frequency; passive wireless resonating sensor; reader device; temperature sensor; wireless ferroelectric resonating sensor; Equations; Ferroelectric materials; Frequency; Temperature sensors; Varactors; Wireless sensor networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-3010
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TUFFC.2010.1482
  • Filename
    5442872