LTCC-based Microfluidic Module for Heating and Detection of Fluids Using Microwaves

Abstract

This paper presents the LTCC (Low-Temperature Cofired Ceramic)microfluidic-microwave module. The designed and developed device allows determining the heat dissipated power in the microchannel, as well as the detection of the liquid. Due to that, the testing of the fabricated module was divided into two parts. The first assumed the determination of power loss. In turn, the second was the detection of the ethanol concentration in deionized water. The results indicate, that the proposed device can act as a detector of concentrations of liquid solutions, as well as a tool for determining the power dissipated in a microchannel.