A flexible surface wetness sensor using a RFID technique
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TL;DR
A flexible wetness sensor whose detection signal, converted to a binary code, is transmitted throughRadio-frequency waves from a radio-frequency identification integrated circuit (RFID IC) to a remote reader to observe variation in the binary code can be observed on a digital oscilloscope connected to the reader.
Abstract
This paper presents a flexible wetness sensor whose detection signal, converted to a binary code, is transmitted through radio-frequency (RF) waves from a radio-frequency identification integrated circuit (RFID IC) to a remote reader. The flexible sensor, with a fixed operating frequency of 13.56 MHz, contains a RFID IC and a sensor circuit that is fabricated on a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) using a Micro-Electro-Mechanical-System (MEMS) process. The sensor circuit contains a comb-shaped sensing area surrounded by an octagonal antenna with a width of 2.7 cm. The binary code transmitted from the RFIC to the reader changes if the surface conditions of the detector surface changes from dry to wet. This variation in the binary code can be observed on a digital oscilloscope connected to the reader.