Table 2.
Simulated capacitance values, frequency shifts, and quality factors of the two sensors based on PPC and IDC.
| Design | Total Capacitance | Frequency Shift | Q | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C [pF] (εr = 1/10) |
ΔC | F [MHz] (εr = 1/10) |
ΔF | εr = 1 | εr = 10 | |||
| [pF] | [%] | [MHz] | [%] | |||||
| PPC | 27.9/49.0 | 21.1 | 76 | 8.2/6.1 | 2.1 | 26 | 30.0 | 22.6 |
| IDC | 28.6/59.8 | 31.2 | 109 | 8.2/5.5 | 2.7 | 33 | 37.0 | 23.6 |