Solid Characterization Utilizing Planar Microwave Resonator Sensor

Authors

  • Ahmed Jamal Abdullah Al-Gburi Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektronik dan Kejuruteraan Komputer, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia
  • Zahriladha Zakaria Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektronik dan Kejuruteraan Komputer, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia
  • Imran Mohd Ibrahim Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektronik dan Kejuruteraan Komputer, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia
  • Rahmi S. Aswir Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektronik dan Kejuruteraan Komputer, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia
  • Syah Alam 1) Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektronik dan Kejuruteraan Komputer, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia 2) Department of Electrical Engineering, Universitas Trisakti

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/2022.ACES.J.370211

Keywords:

Planar microwave resonator, solid sample, high Q-factor

Abstract

This paper outlines the design and the implementation of a planar microwave resonator sensor for sensing application using the perturbation concept in which the dielectric characteristics of the resonator influence the quality factor (QF) and the resonance frequency. The designed sensor is fabricated using Roger 5880, and it is operating at 2.27 GHz in ranges of 1-3 GHz for testing solid materials. In addition, applying a specific experimental methodology, practical material is used as material samples such as those in Roger 5880, Roger 4350, and FR4. To investigate the microwave resonator sensor performance, an equivalent circuit model (ECM) is introduced. The proposed sensor has achieved a narrow bandwidth and high QF value of 240 at an operating frequency of 2.27GHz. Besides, the sensitivity and accuracy of the sensor is more than 80%, which makes this sensor an excellent solution to characterize the material, especially in discovering the material characteristics and quality.

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Author Biographies

Ahmed Jamal Abdullah Al-Gburi, Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektronik dan Kejuruteraan Komputer, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia

Ahmed Jamal Abdullah Al-Gburi is currently a Postdoctoral fellowship at UniversitiTeknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM).He received aPhD in Electronics Engineering from UTeM university within Graduate on Time (GoT).He has received the Best Paper Award from the IEEE Community and won several Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals in international and local competitions.

Zahriladha Zakaria, Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektronik dan Kejuruteraan Komputer, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia

Zahriladha Zakaria is currently a Professor at UniversitiTeknikal Malaysia Melaka. His research areas include microwave filters, resonators, amplifiers and antennas, data communication and radio-wave propagation in wireless communication systems.

Imran Mohd Ibrahim, Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektronik dan Kejuruteraan Komputer, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia

Imran Mohd Ibrahim a Senior Lecturer at UniversitiTeknikal Malaysia Melaka. He has published more than 80 journals articles and conference papers. His research interests are antennas and propagations.

Rahmi S. Aswir, Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektronik dan Kejuruteraan Komputer, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia

Rahmi Silvia Binti Aswir received her Bachelor of Electronic Engineering with Honors from UniversitiTeknikal Malaysia Melaka. Her research areas include Sensors design.

Syah Alam, 1) Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektronik dan Kejuruteraan Komputer, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia 2) Department of Electrical Engineering, Universitas Trisakti

SyahAlam was born in Jakarta, Indonesia. He received Bachelor Education of Engineering (S.Pd) degree in electrical engineering from Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI) and M.Eng (M.T) degree in telecommunication engineering from UniversitasTrisakti in 2010 and 2012, respectively.In 2021, he is pursuing his PhD at UniversitiTeknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) in the field of RF and Microwave.

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2022-02-28

How to Cite

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A. J. A. . Al-Gburi, Z. . Zakaria, I. M. . Ibrahim, R. S. . Aswir, and S. . Alam, “Solid Characterization Utilizing Planar Microwave Resonator Sensor”, ACES Journal, vol. 37, no. 02, pp. 222–228, Feb. 2022.