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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Highly Sensitive Reflective-Mode Defect Detectors and Dielectric Constant Sensors Based on Open-Ended Stepped-Impedance Transmission Lines.

Pau Casacuberta, Jonathan Muñoz-Enano, Paris Vélez, Lijuan Su, Marta Gil, Ferran Martín

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Pau CasacubertaCIMITEC, Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2658-2200
Jonathan Muñoz-EnanoCIMITEC, Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1271-3801
Paris VélezCIMITEC, Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6502-5987
Lijuan SuCIMITEC, Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3962-1480
Marta GilDepartamento Ingeniería Audiovisual y Comunicaciones, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28031 Madrid, Spain.
Ferran MartínCIMITEC, Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1494-9167

Funding

Agència de Gestió d'Universitats i de Recerca 2017SGR-1159European Regional Development Fund .Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats .Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades IJCI-2017-31339Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades PID2019-103904RB-I00Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades TEC2016-75650-R
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Abstract

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

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dielectric constant sensormicrowave sensorsphase-variation sensorsstepped-impedance transmission lines

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PMID33142909
PMCPMC7663740

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