Sensitivity optimization of Printed Spiral Coil for Wireless Resistive Analog Passive (WRAP) Sensors using Genetic...

Body-worn battery-less Wireless Resistive Analog Passive (WRAP) sensor can be unobtrusive while collecting physiological data continuously. Inductive connection between a pair of Printed Spiral Coils (PSC) eliminates the intrusive wires. Inductive connection of primary and secondary PSC enabled us to probe the body signals using the inductive link. The primary side voltage is modulated by the sensed body signal at the secondary PSC. The coil physical characteristics influence the sensitivity which is defined as observed voltage changes over the sensor variation. We have previously reported an iterative method to optimize the coil specifications for maximum sensitivity with constrained coil prof ile size by maximizing the power transfer efficiency from primary to secondary. In this study sensitivity is maximized by first, driving an analytical multivariable equation of circuit components and physical characteristics, and then using Genetic Algorithm (GA) to maximize it with considering the size and fabrication constraints. The results are compared to the other methods that shows a higher result in the range of 10² comparing to the best alternate methods (sqp). It helps us to detect smaller physiological signals in the noisy environment.