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Abstract-A rotation sensor with a wide dynamic range is designed based on tapered U-shaped resonators. The proposed device is composed of a rounded microstrip transmission line that couples to two meandered resonators that are stacked on top of each other. By rotating the upper resonator, the overlapping area between the two resonators is increased causing a stronger coupling that shifts down the resonance frequency of the device. This frequency shift can be read out in the transmission response from which the rotation angle is determined. The operation principle of the sensor is explained in detail by using a circuit model. A sensor prototype is designed for the microwave frequency range and an experiment is presented for validating the proposed sensing approach. This sensing device is well suited for further miniaturization using microelectromechanical systems technology.Index Terms-Metamaterial-inspired sensor, rotation sensor, split-ring resonator.

In this paper, a second-order frequency selective surface (FSS) made of miniaturized elements is proposed and designed for terahertz applications. The FSS is composed of two layers of metallic arrays separated from each other by a polymer dielectric spacer. The unit cells on the front and back layers are smaller than , where is the free space wavelength. The operation principle of the proposed FSS is described through a circuit model, and a synthesis procedure is presented for designing a desired filtering response. A prototype of the FSS is synthesized to operate at a center frequency of 0.42 THz with 45% fractional bandwidth. The designed FSS is fabricated by using microfabrication process. The performance is evaluated by using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. Measurement results show a low sensitivity of the FSS response to oblique angles of incidence for both of the TE and TM polarizations.

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