Sensors and Transducers  Sensorer  Plan of lectures  Schema   Course Level  Study Period  C  3    Educational programs: Program  Course Code  Points  Engineering Physics  1TT545 4    Course moments: Moment  Hours/Assignments  Instructors  Lectures  12x2    Tadeusz Stepinski  Problem Sessions  4x2  Klas Hjort Labs  24 hours  Tutorials  4x2      Goal: The course is intended to give knowledge about modern electrical sensors for measuring non-electrical variables. The course is oriented towards physical phenomena used to sense such variables as: displacement, temperature, radiation, pressure, etc. In particular, issues related to modern microsensors made in silicon, fiber, and film technology are treated. Prerequisites: Electronics, Solid state electronics or Semiconductor technology Contents: Sensor classification and sensor models, overview of sensor application areas. An orientation in microsensor and smart sensors fabrication technologies. Optical sensors; physical effects and sensor design. Sensing mechanical variables; resistive, piezoelectric and capacitive sensors. Thermal sensors; physics, theromoelectric and thermoresistive sensors, SQUID. Magnetic sensors; variable inductance and variable reluctance sensors. Chemical sensors; physics, CHEMFET, ISFET. Resonant silicon sensors and SAW sensors. Laboratory work: Electromagnetic sensors Ultrasonic sensors Microsensors Fibre optic sensors Examination: Written examination at the end of the course. Passed laboratory course and active participation in tutorials. Literature: G.T.A. Kovacs, Micromachined Transducers Sourcebook, WCB/McGraw-Hill, 1998 A.F.P. Van Putten: Electronic Measurement Systems, Theory and Practice, IOP Publishing Ltd, 1996 or alternative L. Bengtsson, Elektriska mätsystem och mätmetoder, Sudentlitteratur,2001 Course responsibility: Department of Material Science, Signals and Systems Group.and Materials Science.