Plan of
Lectures, VT 2003
SENSORS AND TRANSDUCERS
- SENSORER
- 1. Introduction to Sensors and
Transducers (OH in pdf )
- Course presentation
- Classification of transducers
- Transducer descriptions
- Transducer parameters, definitions and terminology
- Numerical examples – sensor accuracy
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- 2. Introduction to Microsensors
(OH in pdf)
- Microsensors presentation
- History and technology of microsensors
- Reasons for miniaturization
- Scaling laws - numerical examples – sensor accuracy
- Application examples and markets
- Introduction of the material "An introduction to micro
system technology"
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- 3. Optical energy domain, part 1 (OH
in pdf) (OH
as eps)
- Physics
- Photoeffects in silicon and other materials
- Photoconductive sensors
- Photovoltaic sensors
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- 4. Optical energy domain, part 2
- Photoemissive sensors
- Working problems – photoemissive sensors
- Data presentation elements
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- 5. Microsensors in the optical energy domain (OH in pdf)
- Microsensors working in the optical energy domain
- Semiconductor physics
- Photodiodes and -transistors
- Fiberoptic sensors
- Application examples and markets
- Working problems
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- 6. Chemical sensors OH
in pdf)
- Sensor mechanisms - basic principles
- Miniaturization and microfluidic systems
- Application examples and markets
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- 7. Mechanical energy domain, part 1 (OH
in pdf)
- Physics
- Surface acoustic waves
- Variable resistance sensors
- Working problems – strain gauges
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- 8. Mechanical energy domain, part 2
- Piezoelectric sensors
- Working problems – ultrasonic flowmeters
- Capacitive sensors
- Working problems – microphones
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- 9. Micromechanics, part 1 (OH
in pdf)
- Micromechanical sensors
- Sensor mechanisms
- Strain gauges, accelerometers, and gyroscopes
- Working problems
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- 10. Micromechanics, part 2
- Pressure sensors, microphones, and tactile sensors
- Working problems
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- 11. Thermal energy domain, part 1 (OH
in pdf)
- Physics
- Seebeck effect
- Peltier effect
- Thomson effect
- Thermoresistance
- Thermoelectric sensors
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- 12. Thermal energy domain, part 2
- Thermoresistive sensors
- Working problems – temperature mesurement
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- 13. Thermal microsensors
(OH in pdf)
- Physics
- Thermo-mechanical microsensors
- Thermoresistive microsensors
- Bolometers and Thermopiles
- Working problems
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- 14. Micro sensors today
- Presentation of sensor and microstructure companies in Sweden
- Discussions on the material "An introduction to micro
systems technology"
- Working problems
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- 15. Magnetic energy domain
(OH in pdf)
- Physics
- Superconductivity
- Hall effect
- Magnetoresistivity
- Variable inductance sensors
- Variable reluctance sensors
- Working example – differential transformer (LVDT)
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- 16. Microsensors in the magnetic energy domain
- Magnetoresistive effect sensors
- Hall effect sensors
- Working example
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- 17 - 19. Presentations of Tutorials (see Topics)
- Presentations of individual tutorials projects
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- 20. Summary of Sensors and Transducers
- Future trends of Sensors and Transducers
- Summary of Course
- Working problems - repetition
- Open time for questions
LITERATURE:
- G.T.A. Kovacs, Micromachined Transducers Sourcebook, WCB/McGraw-Hill,
1998: (book
information)
Chap. 1, Chap. 2 (survey only), Chap 3. (except
3.6, and 3.7), Chap. 4 (except 4.3 and 4.4), Chap. 6 (except
6.3), Chap. 7 (except 7.4 and 7.5), Chap. 8 (except 8.3)
- A. F. P. van Putten: Electronic measurement Systems, IOP
Publishing, 1996, Chapter 6 (book
information), or alternative
- L. Bengtsson, Elektriska mätsystem och mätmetoder,
Sudentlitteratur, 2001
Recommended literature:
- J. P. Bentley, Principles of Measurement Systems, 3rd Edition,
Longman Group Ltd., 1995 (book
information)
- J. R. Carstens, Electrical Sensors and Transducers, Regents/Prentice
Hall, 1993 (book
information)
- P. Hauptmann, Sensors, Principles & Applications, Prentice
Hall, 1993
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