Split-Ring Resonator-Based Strain Sensor on Flexible Substrates for Glaucoma Detection


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Ekinci G., YALÇINKAYA A. D., DÜNDAR G., Torun H.

27th Micromechanics and Microsystems Europe Workshop, MME 2016, Cork, İrlanda, 28 - 30 Ağustos 2016, cilt.757, (Tam Metin Bildiri) identifier identifier

Özet

This paper presents split-ring resonator-based strain sensors designed and characterized for glaucoma detection application. The geometry of the sensor is optimized such that it can be embedded in a contact lens. Silver conductive paint is to form the sensors realized on flexible substrates made of cellulose acetate and latex rubber. The devices are excited and interrogated using a pair of monopole antennas and the characteristics of devices with different curvature profiles are obtained. The sensitivity of the device, i.e. the change in resonant frequency for a unit change in radius of curvature, on acetate film is calculated as -4.73 MHz/mm and the sensitivity of the device on latex is 33.2 MHz/mm. The results indicate that the demonstrated device is suitable for glaucoma diagnosis.