Application of capacitive sensors to inverse problems in electrostatics

Abstract

The electrostatic imaging problem is an inverse electrostatic problem Involving the reconstruction of an inhomogeneous dielectric medium from a set of remote electrostatic field measurements. In this thesis we propose and explore a novel application of a capacitive sensor array to the electrostatic imaging problem. The capacitive sensor array that investigate is composed of planar conducting electrodes located on and insulated from a wider ground plane. The analytical model of the planar capacitive sensor array is proposed to be a doublesided boundary.