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Deployment of Underground Wireless Sensor Network Based on Magnetic Core Antennas and Multiple Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor Modules

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For the first time, a 3less (batteryless, chipless, wireless) underground sensor system was developed for real time monitoring of variations in temperature, humidity, and hydrogen gas concentrations around underground utility burials. The completed sensor system consists of several magnetic core antennas, surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensors, and a measurement system. Each SAW sensor was activated by pure magnetic energy, and showed high sensor performances in sensitivity and linearity. A long readout distance was observed between the upper and underground antennas, and wireless magnetic communication was analyzed in terms of the interdistances, the angles between antennas, and the underground constituent mediums. A circulator was employed to discern magnetic signals emitting and receiving in between the upper and underground systems. A COMSOL simulation and coupling of mode (COM) modeling were also conducted to determine optimal design parameters for the sensor modules, and to predict the experimental results in advance.

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This research work supported by Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (2019R1F1A1041432) and the Korea Electric Power Corporation through Korea Electrical Engineering & Science Research Institute (R18XA06–22).

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    Sihyeok Kim, Cheolhyun Park & Keekeun Lee

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Kim, S., Park, C. & Lee, K. Deployment of Underground Wireless Sensor Network Based on Magnetic Core Antennas and Multiple Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor Modules. J. Electr. Eng. Technol. 15, 2227–2237 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42835-020-00491-w

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