Quality Factor Effect on the Wireless Range of Microstrip Patch Antenna Strain Sensors
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School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia
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School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University, PO Box 71, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia
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Sensors 2014, 14(1), 595-605; https://doi.org/10.3390/s140100595
Received: 20 November 2013
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Revised: 20 December 2013
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Accepted: 23 December 2013
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Published: 2 January 2014
(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
Recently introduced passive wireless strain sensors based on microstrip patch antennas have shown great potential for reliable health and usage monitoring in aerospace and civil industries. However, the wireless interrogation range of these sensors is limited to few centimeters, which restricts their practical application. This paper presents an investigation on the effect of circular microstrip patch antenna (CMPA) design on the quality factor and the maximum practical wireless reading range of the sensor. The results reveal that by using appropriate substrate materials the interrogation distance of the CMPA sensor can be increased four-fold, from the previously reported 5 to 20 cm, thus improving considerably the viability of this type of wireless sensors for strain measurement and damage detection.
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Keywords:
wireless strain sensor; microstrip patch antenna; quality factor; structural health monitoring; passive sensor
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Daliri, A.; Galehdar, A.; Rowe, W.S.T.; John, S.; Wang, C.H.; Ghorbani, K. Quality Factor Effect on the Wireless Range of Microstrip Patch Antenna Strain Sensors. Sensors 2014, 14, 595-605. https://doi.org/10.3390/s140100595
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Daliri A, Galehdar A, Rowe WST, John S, Wang CH, Ghorbani K. Quality Factor Effect on the Wireless Range of Microstrip Patch Antenna Strain Sensors. Sensors. 2014; 14(1):595-605. https://doi.org/10.3390/s140100595
Chicago/Turabian StyleDaliri, Ali, Amir Galehdar, Wayne S.T. Rowe, Sabu John, Chun H. Wang, and Kamran Ghorbani. 2014. "Quality Factor Effect on the Wireless Range of Microstrip Patch Antenna Strain Sensors" Sensors 14, no. 1: 595-605. https://doi.org/10.3390/s140100595
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