Microwave Planar Resonant Solutions for Glucose Concentration Sensing: A Systematic Review
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Abstract
The measurement of glucose concentration finds interesting potential applications in both industry and biomedical contexts. Among the proposed solutions, the use of microwave planar resonant sensors has led to remarkable scientific activity during the last years. These sensors rely on the changes in the dielectric properties of the medium due to variations in the glucose concentration. These devices show electrical responses dependent on the surrounding dielectric properties, and therefore the changes in their response can be related to variations in the glucose content. This work shows an up-to-date review of this sensing approach after more than one decade of research and development. The attempts involved are sorted by the sensing parameter, and the computation of a common relative sensitivity to glucose is proposed as general comparison tool. The manuscript also discusses the key points of each sensor category and the possible future lines and challenges of the sensing approach.
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OpenAlex topics: Microwave and Dielectric Measurement Techniques · Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies · Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design
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Lab-STICC, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, 29200 Brest, France
Department of Communications Engineering, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, 03202 Elche, Spain
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Région Bretagne
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