Predictive Analysis for Robust Operation with Applications to Autonomous Biosensors

While a sensor´s manufacturing yield is high it may be very sensitive to variations in environmental conditions, e.g. temperature. Such sensitivity may cause the sensor to have low operating performance. This paper presents analytical modelling expressions to estimate the sensitivity of a waveguide-based sensor - with a particular emphasis on biosensors - to parameter fluctuations as well as the upper limit of parameter fluctuations that maintains a normal functional behaviour, independent of simulation.