SENSOR, SENSOR ARRAY, AND SENSOR SYSTEM FOR SENSING A CHARACTERISTIC OF AN ENVIRONMENT AND METHOD OF SENSING THE CHARACTERISTIC

摘要

Sensors, sensing systems and methods of sensing at least one characteristic of interest of an environment are disclosed. The sensors include one or more conductors enclosed in a dielectric material. The dielectric materials are configured such that electromagnetic fields associated with any and all of the conductors that pass outside the conductors do not substantially pass beyond the dielectric material into the environment. The sensors feature geometries that remain substantially unchanged when exposed to the environment. The dielectric material has a dielectric function that changes in response to a change in the at least one characteristic of interest of the environment.