{"title":"Miniaturized Microwave Microfluidic Sensor Based on Spoof Localized Surface Plasmons","authors":"Hao Xu, Wen‐Sheng Zhao, Dawei Wang","doi":"10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790246","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a miniaturized folded SLSP microwave microfluidic sensor for detecting liquid permittivity is proposed. The sensor has single-layer structure and fed with microstrips and coupling branches. The quarter-mode design can produce resonance corresponding to the full-mode case while reducing the size and the amount of liquid. By introducing additional capacitance in the vertical direction, the folded structure enhances the slow wave effect and further reduces the size of the resonator. A PDMS chip with a microfluidic channel is placed above the resonator. The injection of liquid sample would cause frequency deviation, so as to retrieve the liquid property. The sensor is also expected to be used in the field of blood glucose monitoring and wearable devices.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"423 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133732198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of Microwave Heating Devices for Microfluidics","authors":"T. Markovic, B. Nauwelaers","doi":"10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790241","url":null,"abstract":"In this manuscript, we present a summary and analysis of research papers about microwave heating for microfluidics starting from its beginnings to the most recent publications. We summarize the used technology, frequency, power, and heated volume. Based on the analysis, we draw conclusions of the most employed technology and frequency that achieve the best results with respect to the heating rates.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133739707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IoT Wearable EH system based on Wrist Motion Kinetic Energy Harvesting","authors":"Raffaele Salvati, V. Palazzi, L. Roselli","doi":"10.1109/imbioc52515.2022.9790298","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/imbioc52515.2022.9790298","url":null,"abstract":"In the past decade, the technological advancement of sensors, embedded systems, and wireless communication, led to the widespread of wearable devices in consumer and medical applications. The replacement of batteries with energy harvesting systems could increase the autonomy of wearable devices, also reducing their volumes. This paper presents a wristband energy harvester obtained by combining a piezoelectric transducer with a power management system. A wearable prototype has been designed and proved in practical application. Energy from wrist motion has been harvested and stored for 60 seconds, and then used to power an LED lamp.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116864186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transparent Monopole Antenna With EBG Array for Wearable Applications","authors":"Chen Fu, Yutao Yue, Wenhua Gu","doi":"10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790106","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a compact, low-profile, transparent and flexible monopole antenna backed with a $3times 3$ array of electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structures. The reflection phase of a single EBG cell is investigated under various conductor layer sheet resistances. After meshing the conductor layers of the EBG structure, the variation of the zero-reflection phase frequency point as well as the bandwidth of the EBG cell is revealed. For planar monopole antennas, the optimized transparent EBG structure is employed to minimise backward radiation. The proposed antenna covers the 2.4 GHz industrial scientific medical (ISM) band. The antenna's high gain and low backward radiation in the operational band are confirmed by full-wave simulation. The EBG structure not only reduces backward radiation, but it also protects the human body by preventing the monopole antenna from radiating electromagnetic waves into body tissues, as well as minimizing frequency detuning induced by the human body. To ensure robustness and light transmittance, the proposed antenna was constructed on a transparent and flexible PDMS substrate. The proposed antenna's specific absorption rate (SAR) assessment showed that it is likely to be integrated into wearable devices for a variety of applications, especially in biomedical technology.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115472264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Human Skin Exposure to Terahertz Waves from 0.1 to 1 THz: Statistical Assessments Using Multilayered Planar Models","authors":"K. Sasaki, Kun Li, T. Nagaoka","doi":"10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790173","url":null,"abstract":"The use of millimeter and submillimeter waves has been expected in next-generation wireless communication technologies, such as 5G Advanced or 6G. While public concern for nonionized radiation generated by such technologies using these new frequencies is assumed to increase, data on human exposure to electromagnetic fields, particularly at submillimeter wave frequencies, are scarce. In this study, we investigated the general characteristics of human exposure to plane waves at frequencies from 0.1 to 1 THz using several multilayer planar models of the skin. Statistical variations of the exposure characteristics with respect to individual differences in tissue thicknesses were also investigated by Monte Carlo simulation, and results obtained using different skin models were compared with each other.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121256155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Design and SAR Analysis of Wearable UWB Antenna for Radiative Near-Field Wireless Power Transfer","authors":"Karthik Kakaraparty, I. Mahbub","doi":"10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790243","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790243","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents design of a wearable UWB (ultra-wide band) antenna and its corresponding SAR (specific absorption rate) analysis and power transfer capability estimation when it is placed on a human body. In this work, Polyimide with a thickness of 0.1 mm is used as the substrate material, and gold with a thickness of 200 nm is used for the patch and ground material. The dielectric constant and tangent loss of the polyimide substrate are 3.5 and 0.0002, respectively. The dimensions of the proposed antenna are $30times 30times 0.1004 text{mm}^{3}$. The designed antenna has the resonating frequency at 3.11 GHz and a bandwidth of 3.06GHz. The near-field gain of the designed antenna is 6.43 dBi. The SAR analysis generated SAR values of 0.138 W/kg and 0.147 W/kg for antenna placed on flat body model and curved body model, respectively, which are within the safe limit of 2 W/kg averaged over 10g of tissue as specified by the ICNIRP (International Commission of Non-Ionization Radiation Protection). This indicates that the antenna is safe and suitable for use in wireless wearable sensors.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"2014 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121364621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yisong Yang, Jin Zhang, Xin Rao, W. Dang, Y. Alfadhl, Xiao-dong Chen
{"title":"Microwave Exposure System on Cell Solution for Alzheimer's Disease Treatment","authors":"Yisong Yang, Jin Zhang, Xin Rao, W. Dang, Y. Alfadhl, Xiao-dong Chen","doi":"10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790268","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790268","url":null,"abstract":"A new treatment modality for Alzheimer's disease using microwaves is proposed and under extensive investigation to understand the curing mechanism. This preliminary study is to design a rectangular exposure waveguide, containing neuron solution in Petri dishes exposed to traveling microwave at 2.45GHz. The simulated results with and without Petri dishes and cell solution have shown little reflection and good impedance match being achieved through tuning stubs. The mean SAR values in each Petri dish in two different set-ups have been calculated to provide a guidance in the long time exposure studies","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"120 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121725101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A PDMS-Based Low-Profile Monopole Antenna for Wearable Applications","authors":"P. Samal, S. J. Chen, Qun Zhang, C. Fumeaux","doi":"10.1109/imbioc52515.2022.9790236","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/imbioc52515.2022.9790236","url":null,"abstract":"A planar monopole antenna using polydimethyl-siloxane (PDMS) as a substrate is presented for on-body wearable applications. Three shorting vias with angular separation of 120 degrees are employed to achieve a low-profile structure with monopole-like radiation pattern. The antenna operates at the Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) band of 5.8 GHz with impedance bandwidth of 4.3% covering frequencies from 5.7 to 5.9 GHz. The proposed antenna is flexible and offers a small size of $0.53lambdatimes 0.53lambdatimes 0.06lambda$ at its lowest operating frequency. The experimental validation was carried out in free-space and on-body environment and it demonstrates that the proposed antenna is suitable for on-body wearable applications.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124565665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Terahertz Metasurface for Thin Film Biosensing","authors":"Shohreh Nourinovin, A. Alomainy","doi":"10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790176","url":null,"abstract":"Terahertz (THz) metasurface biosensors have attracted considerable attention in thin-film biological sensing due to their real-time and ultra-sensitive detection properties. This paper proposes a planar array of split-ring resonators (SRRs) over a dielectric substrate to study its performance for having a highly sensitive, non-label, and low-cost biosensor. By coupling the two SRRs of each unit cell, a pick in the transmission spectra occurs at 1.58 THz. Analyzing the electromagnetic field distribution and surface current flow shows the appearance of coupled electric and magnetic dipoles in the resonators. It is also shown that changing the distance between the coupled SRRs can passively tune the resonance frequency. Finally, the sensing functionality of the metamaterial is validated by simulating a human skin tissue with a refractive index of 1.6 and a thin thickness of $6 mumathrm{m}$. The results give a remarkable theoretical sensitivity of 400 GHz/RIU.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"125 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125146132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Wideband 77-GHz Power Amplifier with Mixed Matching Network in 130-nm BiCMOS Technology","authors":"Xicheng Zhu, Tongde Huang, Wen Wu","doi":"10.1109/imbioc52515.2022.9790252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/imbioc52515.2022.9790252","url":null,"abstract":"A wideband 77-GHz fully integrated power amplifier with on-chip transformer-based $50-Omega$ input and output matching network is demonstrated in a 130-nm BiCMOS process. A microstrip line-transformer mixed matching network is adopted to realize the impedance transformation in a rather compact structure. Stability issue is considered through the whole design. By carefully designing the layout, the chip occupies a small area of 0.202 mm2 and parasitic effects are optimized. By employing wideband transformer matching method and differential cascode topology, the PA finally achieves an overall bandwidth of 13 GHz with a peak gain of 23.9 dB. Using an adaptive bias circuit, the PA delivers an output 1-dB gain compression point (OP1dB) of 13.1 dBm with a peak power added efficiency (PAE) of 10.1%.","PeriodicalId":305829,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123917427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}