Microwave Humidity Sensor for Early Detection of Sweat and Urine Leakage
A planar microwave sensor devoted to the detection of humidity in underwear and clothes in general is proposed. The ultimate goal of the sensor is to detect the presence of liquids in fabrics, which is of interest to aid patients who suffer from certain pathologies, such as hyperhidrosis and enuresi...
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| author | Lijuan Su Paris Vélez Pau Casacuberta Jonathan Muñoz-Enano Ferran Martín |
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| description | A planar microwave sensor devoted to the detection of humidity in underwear and clothes in general is proposed. The ultimate goal of the sensor is to detect the presence of liquids in fabrics, which is of interest to aid patients who suffer from certain pathologies, such as hyperhidrosis and enuresis. The main target in the design of the sensor, considering the envisaged application, is simplicity. Thus, the sensor operates at a single frequency, and the working principle is the variation in the magnitude of the transmission coefficient of a matched line loaded with an open-ended quarter-wavelength sensing stub resonator. The stub, which must be in contact with the so-called fabric under test (FUT), generates a notch in the transmission coefficient with a resonance frequency that depends on the humidity level of the fabric. By designing the stub with a moderately high-quality factor, the variation in the resonance frequency causes a significant change in the magnitude level at the operating frequency, which is the resonance frequency when the sensing stub is loaded with the dry fabric, and the presence of liquid can be detected by means of an amplitude detector. A prototype device is proposed and experimentally validated. The measured change in the magnitude level by simply depositing one 50 μL drop of water in the FUT is roughly 25 dB. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-837dbcee596f42a2b52ca9273e5285a32023-11-18T01:10:09ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922023-05-011210227610.3390/electronics12102276Microwave Humidity Sensor for Early Detection of Sweat and Urine LeakageLijuan Su0Paris Vélez1Pau Casacuberta2Jonathan Muñoz-Enano3Ferran Martín4CIMITEC, Departament d’Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, SpainCIMITEC, Departament d’Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, SpainCIMITEC, Departament d’Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, SpainCIMITEC, Departament d’Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, SpainCIMITEC, Departament d’Enginyeria Electrònica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, SpainA planar microwave sensor devoted to the detection of humidity in underwear and clothes in general is proposed. The ultimate goal of the sensor is to detect the presence of liquids in fabrics, which is of interest to aid patients who suffer from certain pathologies, such as hyperhidrosis and enuresis. The main target in the design of the sensor, considering the envisaged application, is simplicity. Thus, the sensor operates at a single frequency, and the working principle is the variation in the magnitude of the transmission coefficient of a matched line loaded with an open-ended quarter-wavelength sensing stub resonator. The stub, which must be in contact with the so-called fabric under test (FUT), generates a notch in the transmission coefficient with a resonance frequency that depends on the humidity level of the fabric. By designing the stub with a moderately high-quality factor, the variation in the resonance frequency causes a significant change in the magnitude level at the operating frequency, which is the resonance frequency when the sensing stub is loaded with the dry fabric, and the presence of liquid can be detected by means of an amplitude detector. A prototype device is proposed and experimentally validated. The measured change in the magnitude level by simply depositing one 50 μL drop of water in the FUT is roughly 25 dB.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/10/2276planar microwave sensorhumidity sensormicrostrip technologydetection of sweatdetection of urine leakageenuresis |
| spellingShingle | Lijuan Su Paris Vélez Pau Casacuberta Jonathan Muñoz-Enano Ferran Martín Microwave Humidity Sensor for Early Detection of Sweat and Urine Leakage Electronics planar microwave sensor humidity sensor microstrip technology detection of sweat detection of urine leakage enuresis |
| title | Microwave Humidity Sensor for Early Detection of Sweat and Urine Leakage |
| title_full | Microwave Humidity Sensor for Early Detection of Sweat and Urine Leakage |
| title_fullStr | Microwave Humidity Sensor for Early Detection of Sweat and Urine Leakage |
| title_full_unstemmed | Microwave Humidity Sensor for Early Detection of Sweat and Urine Leakage |
| title_short | Microwave Humidity Sensor for Early Detection of Sweat and Urine Leakage |
| title_sort | microwave humidity sensor for early detection of sweat and urine leakage |
| topic | planar microwave sensor humidity sensor microstrip technology detection of sweat detection of urine leakage enuresis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/12/10/2276 |
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