SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE SENSOR OR IDENTIFICATION DEVICE WITH BIOSENSING CAPABILITY

摘要

A surface acoustic wave sensor or identification device has a piezoelectric material, and an interdigitated transducer (IDT) input/output mounted on the piezoelectric material for receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal and propagating a corresponding surface acoustic wave along a surface of the piezoelectric material. An IDT finger electrode array is mounted on the piezoelectric material and is operable to communicate with the IDT input/output for transmission of a modified RF sign al from the device. The IDT finger electrode array has at least one finger electrode segment whose propagating characteristics are controlled to control the nature of th e modified RF signal. A biolayer is mounted on the piezoelectric material and is associated with the finger electrode segment, and a fluidic chamber is associated with the biolayer. In use, the fluidic chamber contains fluid which, if a predetermined substance to be sensed or detected is present, operates to modify the biolayer which in turn controls the nature of the modified RF signal.