Detection of Water Quality using Defected Ground Double Split Ring Resonator

Abstract

Water is an essential thing for life. Now days due to population growth and pollution, the quality of water is degraded. In this paper, a single element double split ring resonator (DSRR) has been presented as a sensor to detect the quality of water. Here, two square shape metallic split rings are designed along with the microstrip line. On the back side of the substrate, defected ground structure (DGS) is introduced. The resonant frequency of the resonator is 11.12 GHz. Quality of water is detected by the shift in S21 resonant frequency with the variation in transmission coefficient. This sensor can be used in our daily life to detect the quality of water and it may be useful in medical field also.