Tunable Analyte Sensor With Adjustable Antenna Array
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing analyte detection technologies using radio or microwave frequency spectroscopy face challenges in accurately and efficiently detecting analytes due to limitations in sensor positioning and adjustment capabilities.
Innovation Solution
The development of a tunable analyte sensor that allows for adjustable positioning of transmit and receive components, including changes in angle, movement in X, Y, Z directions, and shape modification, to optimize detection performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If fixed positioning of transmit and receive components is used, then device complexity is reduced, but analyte detection accuracy deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements adjustable positioning mechanisms that allow transmit and receive components to be dynamically repositioned along the electromagnetic wave propagation path. This enables the sensor to adapt to different detection scenarios and optimize signal reception for various analyte concentrations and positions, thereby improving detection accuracy without requiring a completely fixed rigid structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The sensor design incorporates multiple transmit and receive components that can be independently positioned and configured. This universal structure allows the same sensor platform to detect different analytes at different positions and concentrations by adjusting component placement, making the system versatile while maintaining manageable complexity through standardized modular components.
2Measurement precision
If adjustable positioning of components is implemented, then analyte detection accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor is divided into discrete modular segments including individual transmit components, receive components, and positioning mechanisms. Each segment can be independently adjusted and optimized, allowing complex positioning functionality to be achieved through simple, standardized modular units rather than a monolithic complex structure.
3Productivity
If multiple detecting positions are used, then detection efficiency is improved, but measurement time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The sensor employs periodic scanning or switching between multiple detecting positions, where components are rapidly moved or switched between predetermined positions during the measurement process. This periodic action allows the system to gather data from multiple positions efficiently without requiring continuous manual adjustment, thereby improving detection efficiency while minimizing additional measurement time.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution enables improved analyte detection accuracy and efficiency by allowing for precise adjustment of sensor components to enhance signal transmission and reception, thereby overcoming previous limitations.
Implementation Method 1
transmitting, from a transmit antenna, a transmit signal that is in a radio or microwave frequency range of the electromagnetic spectrum into the target containing the at least one analyte, and configured to detect, using a receive antenna, a response signal that results from transmission of the transmit signal into the target
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AI summary
An analyte sensor that detects an analyte via spectroscopic techniques using frequencies in the radio or microwave frequency range of the electromagnetic spectrum. The analyte sensor is configured to permit adjustment of the position(s) of one or more transmit components and/or the position(s) of one or more receive components. Adjusting position (or the like) as used in the description and claims includes changing an angle of the transmit component(s) and/or the receive component(s), and/or moving the transmit component(s) and/or the receive component(s) in one or more X, Y, Z directions, and/or changing a shape of the transmit component(s) and/or the receive component(s), and any combinations thereof.