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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2014
Ndsu Research Foundation, Fargo, ND (US);
Cherish Bauer-Reich, Fargo, ND (US);
Justin Hoey, Fargo, ND (US);
Robert Sailer, Fargo, ND (US);
Nathan Schneck, Fargo, ND (US);
Chad Ulven, Fargo, ND (US);
NDSU Research Foundation, Fargo, ND (US);
Abstract
A biodegradable soil sensor, a biodegradable soil sensing system and method for obtaining soil information is provided. The biodegradable sensor may include one or more electrically conductive bioinert traces and a biodegradable substrate having a printed circuit of the one or more electrically conductive bioinert traces. A biodegradable antenna may be formed by at least one of the one or more electrically conductive bioinert traces. A sensor may be connected to the one or more electrically conductive bioinert traces. The sensor may also include a biodegradable encapsulation layer housing the biodegradable substrate and the electrically conductive bioinert traces.