Biomedical subjects

Leonhard Reindl

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PubMed2006

Performance evaluation of algorithms for SAW-based temperature measurement.

Whenever harsh environmental conditions such as high temperatures, accelerations, radiation, etc., prohibit usage of standard temperature sensors, surface acoustic wave-based temperature sensors are the first choice for highly reliable wireless temperature measurement. Interrogation of these sensors is often based on frequency modulated or frequency stepped continuous wave-based radars (FMCW/FSCW). We investigate known algorithms regarding their achievable temperature accuracy and their applicability in practice. Furthermore, some general rules of thumb for FMCW/FSCW radar-based range estimation by means of the Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB) for frequency and phase estimation are provided. The theoretical results are verified on both simulated and measured data.

Acoustics↗

PubMed2004

Applicability of LiNbO3, langasite and GaPO4 in high temperature SAW sensors operating at radio frequencies.

The applicability of LiNbO3, langasite and GaPO4 for use as crystal substrates in high temperature surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensors operating at radio frequencies was investigated. Material properties were determined by the use of SAW test devices processed with conventional lithography. On GaPO4, predominantly surface defects limit the accessible frequencies to values of 1 GHz. Langasite SAW devices could be operated up to 3 GHz; however, high acoustic losses of 20 dB/micros were observed. On LiNbO3, the acoustic losses measured up to 3.5 GHz are one order of magnitude less. Hence, SAW sensors capable of wireless interrogation were designed and processed on YZ-cut LiNbO3. The devices could be successfully operated in the industrial-scientific-medical (ISM) band from 2.40 to 2.4835 GHz up to 400 degrees C.

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