US Patent Number
6359444
Publication Date
3-19-2002
Abstract
A resonant sensing apparatus for operative arrangement within a test environment to sense an analyte. A sensing structure is included having an antenna in electrical communication with a resonant circuit and a structural element made of a material that selectively responds to the analyte. This sensing structure will resonate at a particular characteristic resonant frequency in the presence of an applied interrogation electromagnetic field and the analyte upon the occurrence of the selective response. A receiver is used for remotely identifying a value for the characteristic resonant frequency by measuring a plurality of values for electromagnetic emission intensity of the sensing structure taken over an operating range of frequencies. A length of a conductive segment of any component of the resonant circuit may also function as the antenna. A method of sensing an analyte with the sensing structure includes arranging the sensing structure within a test environment and applying an interrogation electromagnetic field causing the sensing structure to resonate. A pre-correlation made between a series of resonant frequency values taken for the sensing structure and a corresponding series of analyte sensing values can be used for the sensing.
Assignees
University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, KY (US)
Application Number
09/322,403
Filing Date
05/28/1999
Recommended Citation
Grimes, Craig A., "Remote Resonant-Circuit Analyte Sensing Apparatus with Sensing Structure and Associated Method of Sensing" (2002). Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Patents. 15.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cme_patents/15
