Sensors Based on RF Circuits and Microwave Circuits
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2020) | Viewed by 16557
Special Issue Editor
Interests: RF circuits; microwave circuits; antennas; RF packaging; sensors using RF circuits
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Dear Colleagues,
Propagation of microwave/RF frequencies is sensitive to the environment through which they travel, which makes them very useful frequencies for sensors. Furthermore, microwave/RF circuits, such as oscillators, are very sensitive to components that control the operating frequency or output power. Thus, microwave/RF circuits have proven useful when it comes to measuring or sensing changes in the environment and have been used or researched for a broad range of applications. Types of microwave/RF sensors that have been researched, developed or described in publications are:
- Surface acoustic wave resonators
- MEMS resonators
- MEMS cavities
- Transmission lines
- Waveguides
- Substrate integrated waveguides
- Coaxial probes
- Carbon nanotubes
- Metamaterials
- Radar
And the applications they have been used in include the sensing of:
- Soil moisture
- Humidity
- Water content
- Ice thickness
- Pressure
- Turbine blade vibration
- Structure defects and cracks
- Chemical components
- Breast cancer
- Biomarkers
- Biological cell characterization
This Special Issue will cover all aspects of the use of microwave/RF circuits for sensors, including those listed above and those that may have been missed in the list. Papers are solicited for this Special Issue to accompany the invited papers.
Prof. Dr. George E. Ponchak
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Environmental monitoring
- Oscillators
- Biomedical sensors
- Radar
- Automotive sensors
- RF resonators
- RF MEMS
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