A device for skin moisture and environment humidity detection

被引:51
作者
Huang, Ting-Hsiang [2 ]
Chou, Jung-Chuan [1 ]
Sun, Tai-Ping [3 ]
Hsiung, Shen-Kan [2 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Natl Yunlin Univ Sci & Technol, Grad Sch Elect Engn, Touliu 640, Yunlin, Taiwan
[2] Chung Yuan Christian Univ, Inst Elect Engn, Chungli 320, Taiwan
[3] Natl Chi Nan Univ, Inst Elect Engn, Nantou 545, Taiwan
[4] Chang Jung Christian Univ, Dept Engn & Management Adv Technol, Tainan 711, Taiwan
关键词
Skin moisture sensor; Humidity sensor; Interdigital capacitor (IDC); Polyimide (PI);
D O I
10.1016/j.snb.2008.04.030
中图分类号
O65 [分析化学];
学科分类号
070302 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Water content detection is important for our daily life. For environmental detection, the relative humidity is an index for comfortable living atmosphere. For skin health, the water content in stratum corneum is a parameter to diagnose the skin condition. This paper mainly describes a moisture sensor for determination of human skin moisture. The skin moisture sensor is based on the conventional humidity sensor structure (interdigital capacitance, IDC), and the moisture sensor is also sensitive to the environmental humidity. Therefore, the effects of the environment, temperature and humidity, are discussed to find the appropriate operation conditions for skin moisture detection. Besides, the application of the moisture sensor for the environment detection is also described. The IDC structure is fabricated by using printed circuit board (PCB) technology which simplifies the bonding technique and reduces the cost. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:206 / 212
页数:7
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