An Inductively Coupled Biodegradable Capacitive Pressure Sensor

Abstract

A biodegradable inductively coupled pressure sensor is presented. Three sensors were fabricated using melt processed biodegradable polymers and electron-beam evaporated magnesium. All the sensors showed similar pressure responses from 0 to 0.2 bar. In addition, the responses of the sensors to temperature changes and static pressure are reported. Due to the limited quality factor of the resonance sensors, single measurements were noisy. For this reason, averaging of multiple measurements was needed to achieve consistent results.