An LC Wireless Microfluidic Sensor Based on Low Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic (LTCC) Technology

• Main Authors: Yongyuan Liang, Mingsheng Ma, Faqiang Zhang, Feng Liu, Zhifu Liu, Dong Wang, Yongxiang Li
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2019-03-01
• Series: Sensors
• Subjects: microfluidics; LTCC; wireless sensor; liquid sensing
• Online Access: http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/5/1189
• ISSN: 1424-8220

This work reports a novel wireless microfluidic biosensor based on low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) technology. The wireless biosensor consists of a planar spiral inductor and parallel plate capacitor (LC) resonant antenna, which integrates with microchannel bends in the LTCC substrate. The wireless response of the biosensor was associated to the changes of its resonant frequency due to the alteration in the permittivity of the liquid flow in the microchannel. The wireless sensing performance to different organic liquids with permittivity from 3 to 78.5 was presented. The measured results are in good agreement with the theoretical calculation. The wireless detection for the concentration of glucose in water solution was investigated, and an excellent linear response and repeatability were obtained. This kind of LC wireless microfluidic sensor is very promising in establishing wireless lab-on-a-chip for biomedical and chemical applications.