The ink-jet printing humidity sorption sensor—modelling, design, technology and characterization

Abstract

This paper presents a humidity sorption sensor made with an ink-jet printing technique. Nafion was applied as a humidity sorption material. After the presentation of sensor construction and sensor fabrication technology, a lot of effort has been made for detailed sensor tests and characterization. The sensor model based on a RC transmission line with distributed parameters (Jachowicz and Senturia 1981/1982 Sensors Actuators 2 171–86) has been carefully described and validated by a comparison with the sensor empirical parameters, measured in a broad range of measurement frequencies. On the basis of achieved results, some general conclusions for humidity sorption sensors on both the sensor fabrication technology and the sensor modelling have been made and presented in this paper.