Title :
Sensor system with wireless data communication
Author :
Husak, Miroslav ; Jakovenko, Jiri
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microelectron., Czech Tech. Univ., Prague, Czech Republic
Abstract :
The core of the project is the design, construction of and results obtained with a wireless measuring system using a passive integrated resonance circuit. The system is intended for measurement of small pressure variations and wireless information transmission. It is based on the principle of variation of the resonance frequency of a single-chip integrated timed circuit with measuring capacitance. The one-chip resonant circuit has been realised as a monolith integrated sensor in CMOS technology. The dimension is approximately 10 mm2 . The active part has the form of an absorption resonance frequency meter. Measurement, control, approximation, computation and result processing are performed on a PC. The paper deals with the theory of system design, electronic circuit connections, parasitic capacitances effects calculation, fabrication technology of the integrated passive resonant circuit, result evaluation and techniques of the PC-controlled absorption meter
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; passive networks; pressure measurement; pressure sensors; CMOS; PC-controlled absorption meter; absorption resonance frequency meter; fabrication technology; integrated passive resonant circuit; monolith integrated sensor; parasitic capacitance effect calculation; passive integrated resonance circuit; pressure sensors; pressure variation measurement; resonance frequency; single-chip integrated timed circuit; wireless data communication; wireless measuring system; CMOS technology; Capacitance measurement; Data communication; Integrated circuit measurements; RLC circuits; Resonance; Resonant frequency; Sensor systems; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology: Coding and Computing, 2001. Proceedings. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1062-0
DOI :
10.1109/ITCC.2001.918775