Design, simulation, and testing of wireless temperature sensor

William D Suh; K. A. Jose; Vijay K. Varadan; Vasundara V. Varadan

doi:10.1117/12.436608

16 August 2001 Design, simulation, and testing of wireless temperature sensor

William D Suh, K. A. Jose, Vijay K. Varadan, Vasundara V. Varadan

Proceedings Volume 4334, Smart Structures and Materials 2001: Smart Electronics and MEMS; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.436608
Event: SPIE's 8th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, 2001, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

Remote monitoring and control of temperature is very important for many industrial applications. This paper presents the numerical simulation and its comparison with measurement of phase response from a wireless Surface Acoustic Wave temperature sensor. This wireless microsensor consists of two or more arrays of IDTs and reflectors on a piezoelectric substrate with different IDT-reflector spacing. Pulse modulated signals are transmitted from a remote reader system and their echoes are returned after traveling through the device with different time delays. The same reader is used to receive the signal and corresponding IF signals are generated in a mixer and their phase differences are calibrated to temperature values. Using coupled-mode theory, the phase characteristics relative to temperature was analyzed. The effect of relative distance between the two reflector arrays is demonstrated. The influence of phase reversal location, which produces multiple temperature values for a given phase difference, is also discussed and a simple solution is illustrated. This sensor is coupled with a small planar antenna, which will be well suited for applications that require passive and conformal sensors. The analysis has shown that a very high sensitivity of 20.74°/°C or a temperature resolution of 0.05°C with 1° phase measurement resolution can be achieved using the present measurement system.

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William D Suh, K. A. Jose, Vijay K. Varadan, and Vasundara V. Varadan "Design, simulation, and testing of wireless temperature sensor", Proc. SPIE 4334, Smart Structures and Materials 2001: Smart Electronics and MEMS, (16 August 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.436608

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