Multi-Point Single-Antenna Sensing Enabled by Wireless Nested Split-Ring Resonator Sensors

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Ozbey B., ERTÜRK V. B., KURÇ Ö., ALTINTAŞ A., DEMİR H. V.

IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL, cilt.16, sa.21, ss.7744-7752, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16 Sayı: 21
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1109/jsen.2016.2604020
  • Dergi Adı: IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.7744-7752
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Wireless passive sensor, displacement sensor, strain sensor, nested split ring resonator (NSRR), multi-point sensing, multiple sensors, structural health monitoring (SHM), METAMATERIAL, DISPLACEMENT, ALIGNMENT
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this paper, simultaneous multi-point wireless sensing is proposed and demonstrated via multiple sensors in nested split-ring resonator (NSRR) geometry coupled to a single illuminator antenna. In this passive multi-point sensing system, each probe in the sensor array is assigned a non-overlapping spectral interval for frequency shift in response to local mechanical loading around a unique operating resonance frequency in the band of the antenna. Here, it is shown that the antenna is capable of capturing the responses from all probes in a single frequency sweep. Furthermore, the inter-coupling between the array elements and the effect of antenna illumination on the coupling are experimentally investigated in a systematic way. In addition, as a proof-of-concept real-life application in structural health monitoring, two NSRR sensors are located inside a concrete beam to monitor the strain forming on reinforcing bars, and this dual-probe system is demonstrated to record strain simultaneously via both of the embedded probes.