Temperature sensor tag based on supercavity mode of dielectric resonator

This paper presents a wireless temperature sensor design based on the excitation of a high-Q supercavity mode in a dielectric resonator. Narrow resonance bandwidth improves sensor performance enabling accurate temperature measurements. The sensor consists of a half split ceramic cylinder attached to a metal sheet. The resonator parameters which lead to the excitation of a supercavity mode were obtained numerically. When the ambient temperature increased continuously from 23 to 120°C the notable shift of the resonant frequency was experimentally demonstrated.