TY - GEN
T1 - Method to quantify the effect of passivation layer in bio-impedance sensors
AU - Narayanan, Shree
AU - Nikkhah, Mehdi
AU - Strobl, Jeannine S.
AU - Agah, Masoud
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This paper investigates the effect of the passivation layer in a bio-impedance sensor. A sensor with 20 sensing sites has been designed, fabricated using a simple two mask process and tested. We have cultured in-vivo MDA-MB231 mammary cells and recorded the impedance from 1kHz to 1MHz. Processing the recorded data brings to light the drawback of the passivation layer which results in a drop in sensitivity of 13%. Simulation results based on parameters extracted from measurements re-affirm the drop in sensitivity. Thus, the passivation layer needs to be provided a special consideration in future design of the sensor as it can modify the response of the sensor.
AB - This paper investigates the effect of the passivation layer in a bio-impedance sensor. A sensor with 20 sensing sites has been designed, fabricated using a simple two mask process and tested. We have cultured in-vivo MDA-MB231 mammary cells and recorded the impedance from 1kHz to 1MHz. Processing the recorded data brings to light the drawback of the passivation layer which results in a drop in sensitivity of 13%. Simulation results based on parameters extracted from measurements re-affirm the drop in sensitivity. Thus, the passivation layer needs to be provided a special consideration in future design of the sensor as it can modify the response of the sensor.
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U2 - 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334389
DO - 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334389
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 19964816
AN - SCOPUS:77951011145
SN - 9781424432967
T3 - Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009
SP - 3783
EP - 3786
BT - Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009
Y2 - 2 September 2009 through 6 September 2009
ER -