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ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Planar Phase-Variation Microwave Sensors for Material Characterization: A Review and Comparison of Various Approaches.

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

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Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Jonathan Muñoz-EnanoCIMITEC, Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1271-3801
Jan CorominaCIMITEC, Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain.
Paris VélezCIMITEC, Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6502-5987
Lijuan SuCIMITEC, Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3962-1480
Marta GilDepartamento Ingeniería Audiovisual y Comunicaciones, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28031 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1106-5059
Pau CasacubertaCIMITEC, Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2658-2200
Ferran MartínCIMITEC, Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1494-9167

Funding

Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017SGR-1159European Regional Development Fund .Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats .Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades IJC2019-040786-IMinisterio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades IJCI-2017-31339Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades PID2019-103904RB-I00Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades TEC2016-75650-RSecreteraria d'Universitats i Recerca .
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Planar phase-variation microwave sensors have attracted increasing interest in recent years since they combine the advantages of planar technology (including low cost, low profile, and sensor integration with the associated circuitry for post-processing and communication purposes, among others) and the possibility of operation at a single frequency (thereby reducing the costs of the associated electronics). This paper reviews and compares three different strategies for sensitivity improvement in such phase-variation sensors (devoted to material characterization). The considered approaches include line elongation (through meandering), dispersion engineering (by considering slow-wave artificial transmission lines), and reflective-mode sensors based on step-impedance open-ended lines. It is shown that unprecedented sensitivities compatible with small sensing regions are achievable with the latter approach.

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dielectric constant sensormeander linesmicrowave sensorsphase-variation sensorsslow-wave transmission linesstepped-impedance transmission lines

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PMID33672180
PMCPMC7926889

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