Casacuberta Pau, Muñoz-Enano Jonathan, Vélez Paris, Su Lijuan, Gil Marta, Martín Ferran
CIMITEC, Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain.
Departamento Ingeniería Audiovisual y Comunicaciones, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28031 Madrid, Spain.
Sensors (Basel). 2020 Oct 31;20(21):6236. doi: 10.3390/s20216236.
In this paper, reflective-mode phase-variation sensors based on open-ended stepped-impedance transmission lines with optimized sensitivity for their use as defect detectors and dielectric constant sensors are reported. The sensitive part of the sensors consists of either a 90° high-impedance or a 180° low-impedance open-ended sensing line. To optimize the sensitivity, such a sensing line is cascaded to a 90° transmission line section with either low or high characteristic impedance, resulting in a stepped-impedance transmission line configuration. For validation purposes, two different sensors are designed and fabricated. One of the sensors is implemented by means of a 90° high impedance (85 Ω) open-ended sensing line cascaded to a 90° low impedance (15 Ω) transmission line section. The other sensor consists of a 180° 15-Ω open-ended sensing line cascaded to a 90° 85-Ω line. Sensitivity optimization for the measurement of dielectric constants in the vicinity of that corresponding to the substrate (i.e., with dielectric constant 3.55) is carried out. The functionality as a defect detector is demonstrated by measuring the phase-variation in samples consisting of the uncoated substrate (the reference sample) with arrays of holes of different densities.
本文报道了基于开放式阶梯阻抗传输线的反射模式相位变化传感器,其具有优化的灵敏度,可用作缺陷探测器和介电常数传感器。传感器的敏感部分由90°高阻抗或180°低阻抗开放式传感线组成。为了优化灵敏度,将这样的传感线与具有低或高特性阻抗的90°传输线部分级联,从而形成阶梯阻抗传输线配置。为了进行验证,设计并制造了两种不同的传感器。其中一种传感器通过将90°高阻抗(85Ω)开放式传感线与90°低阻抗(15Ω)传输线部分级联来实现。另一种传感器由180°15Ω开放式传感线与90°85Ω线级联组成。针对在与基板相对应的介电常数(即介电常数为3.55)附近测量介电常数进行了灵敏度优化。通过测量由具有不同密度孔阵列的未涂覆基板(参考样品)组成的样品中的相位变化,展示了作为缺陷探测器的功能。