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2005 (English)In: Polytronic 2005: 5th International Conference on Polymers and Adhesives in Microelectronics and Photonics - Proceedings, Piscataway, NJ: IEEE conference proceedings, 2005, p. 82-85, article id 1596492Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
In this work we present a simple printed moisture sensor fabricated using electronic inks on a multilayer paper structure. The sensor is based on a Carbon-Zinc type energy cell and provides power to a readout electronic circuit when activated by moisture. The sensors are based on a number of our filed patents according to which the sensor is used for both event detection and as a power source for the processing electronics. Typical applications are moisture and leakage detection in buildings, water pipe lines, smart packages and health care systems such as smart incontinence sensors. As the detector is triggered, it powers up an electronic circuit (polymer based or silicon based) that starts communication with the alarm server. In the simplest systems a sound or a light alarm is started to alert the user. In this work we present a characterization of some critical parameters of the sensor such as power driving capability, linearity, internal memory effects and saturation. In addition, we examine a specific application, when sensor is used as defrosting alarm for surveillance of frozen articles during transport.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Piscataway, NJ: IEEE conference proceedings, 2005
Keywords
RFID, Printed sensors, Moisture detection
National Category
Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-3324 (URN)10.1109/POLYTR.2005.1596492 (DOI)000240653100016 ()2-s2.0-33847182049 (Scopus ID)3268 (Local ID)0-7803-9553-0 (ISBN)3268 (Archive number)3268 (OAI)
Conference
Polytronic 2005: 5th International Conference on Polymers and Adhesives in Microelectronics and Photonics; Warsaw; Poland; 23 October 2005 through 26 October 2005
2008-11-132008-11-032016-10-05Bibliographically approved