Improved reading techniques for electronic structural surveillance tags

P. Pasupathy; Dean P. Neikirk; Sharon L. Wood

doi:10.1117/12.776522

8 April 2008 Improved reading techniques for electronic structural surveillance tags

P. Pasupathy, Dean P. Neikirk, Sharon L. Wood

Proceedings Volume 6932, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2008; 693214 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.776522
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Results from our efforts to improve the performance of low-cost, unpowered, wireless, resistance based Electronic Structural Surveillance tags (ESS) will be presented. The ESS tags use an unpowered embedded sensor read by an external reader using an inductively coupled impedance measurement. Read range of coupled tags is largely dependent on the strength of inductive coupling which is influenced by the relative shape and size of the coils. Reader coil geometries can be optimized to increase read range. Additionally, an enhanced circuit model, for data extraction, is developed and tested with the corrosion sensor. The model provides increased information about the sensor and its surroundings. Better coil design and circuit model based data extraction methods can improve the reliability in reading the sensor. Recommendations for design and analysis resulting from this study can be extended to optimize other electronic structural surveillance tag sensors.

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P. Pasupathy, Dean P. Neikirk, and Sharon L. Wood "Improved reading techniques for electronic structural surveillance tags", Proc. SPIE 6932, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2008, 693214 (8 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.776522

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