A microwave dielectric biosensor based on suspended distributed MEMS transmission lines

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1825-1830

  Li, Lijie ^a   Uttamchandani, Deepak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosensor; Distributed microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) transmission lines (DMTL); Glucose

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS GLUCOSE SOLUTIONS; DISTRIBUTED MEMS TRANSMISSION LINES; DISTRIBUTED MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; FLUIDIC CHANNELS; GLUCOSE SOLUTION; HIGHER ORDER; MICROWAVE DIELECTRICS; REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS; RESONANT FREQUENCY SHIFT; SENSING MECHANISM; SMALL VARIATIONS; TRANSMISSION LINE;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELECTRIC LINES; GLUCOSE; MECHATRONICS; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; REFLECTION; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

BIOSENSORS;

EID: 78649304797     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2031388     Document Type: Article

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