Sensors and Signal Conditioning - Hardcover

Pallás-Areny, Ramón; Webster, John G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471332321 ISBN 13: 9780471332329

Verlag: Wiley-Interscience, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

Praise for the First Edition . . .

"A unique piece of work, a book for electronics engineering, in general, but well suited and excellently applicable also to biomedical engineering . . . I recommend it with no reservation, congratulating the authors for the job performed." -IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology

"Describes a broad range of sensors in practical use and some circuit designs; copious information about electronic components is supplied, a matter of great value to electronic engineers. A large number of applications are supplied for each type of sensor described . . . This volume is of considerable importance."-Robotica

In this new edition of their successful book, renowned authorities Ramon Pallàs-Areny and John Webster bring you up to speed on the latest advances in sensor technology, addressing both the explosive growth in the use of microsensors and improvements made in classical macrosensors. They continue to offer the only combined treatment for both sensors and the signal-conditioning circuits associated with them, following the discussion of a given sensor and its applications with signal-conditioning methods for this type of sensor. New and expanded coverage includes:
* New sections on sensor materials and microsensor technology
* Basic measurement methods and primary sensors for common physical quantities
* A wide range of new sensors, from magnetoresistive sensors and SQUIDs to biosensors
* The widely used velocity sensors, fiber-optic sensors, and chemical sensors
* Variable CMOS oscillators and other digital and intelligent sensors
* 68 worked-out examples and 103 end-of-chapter problems with annotated solutions

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

RAMON PALLÀS-ARENY, PhD, is a professor at the Technical University of Catalonia (Spain).

JOHN G. WEBSTER, PhD, is a professor at the University of Wisconsin.

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Praise for the First Edition . . .

"A unique piece of work, a book for electronics engineering, in general, but well suited and excellently applicable also to biomedical engineering . . . I recommend it with no reservation, congratulating the authors for the job performed."
―IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology

"Describes a broad range of sensors in practical use and some circuit designs; copious information about electronic components is supplied, a matter of great value to electronic engineers. A large number of applications are supplied for each type of sensor described . . . This volume is of considerable importance."
―Robotica

In this new edition of their successful book, renowned authorities Ramon Pallàs-Areny and John Webster bring you up to speed on the latest advances in sensor technology, addressing both the explosive growth in the use of microsensors and improvements made in classical macrosensors. They continue to offer the only combined treatment for both sensors and the signal-conditioning circuits associated with them, following the discussion of a given sensor and its applications with signal-conditioning methods for this type of sensor. New and expanded coverage includes:

• New sections on sensor materials and microsensor technology
• Basic measurement methods and primary sensors for common physical quantities
• A wide range of new sensors, from magnetoresistive sensors and SQUIDs to biosensors
• The widely used velocity sensors, fiber-optic sensors, and chemical sensors
• Variable CMOS oscillators and other digital and intelligent sensors
• 68 worked-out examples and 103 end-of-chapter problems with annotated solutions

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Praise for the First Edition . . .

"A unique piece of work, a book for electronics engineering, in general, but well suited and excellently applicable also to biomedical engineering . . . I recommend it with no reservation, congratulating the authors for the job performed."
—IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology

"Describes a broad range of sensors in practical use and some circuit designs; copious information about electronic components is supplied, a matter of great value to electronic engineers. A large number of applications are supplied for each type of sensor described . . . This volume is of considerable importance."
—Robotica

In this new edition of their successful book, renowned authorities Ramon Pallàs-Areny and John Webster bring you up to speed on the latest advances in sensor technology, addressing both the explosive growth in the use of microsensors and improvements made in classical macrosensors. They continue to offer the only combined treatment for both sensors and the signal-conditioning circuits associated with them, following the discussion of a given sensor and its applications with signal-conditioning methods for this type of sensor. New and expanded coverage includes:

• New sections on sensor materials and microsensor technology
• Basic measurement methods and primary sensors for common physical quantities
• A wide range of new sensors, from magnetoresistive sensors and SQUIDs to biosensors
• The widely used velocity sensors, fiber-optic sensors, and chemical sensors
• Variable CMOS oscillators and other digital and intelligent sensors
• 68 worked-out examples and 103 end-of-chapter problems with annotated solutions

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Sensors and Signal Conditioning

By Ramon Pallas-Areny John G. Webster

John Wiley & Sons

Copyright © 2000 Ramon Pallas-Areny
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ISBN: 978-0-471-33232-9

Contents

Preface........................................................................xi1 Introduction to Sensor-Based Measurement Systems.............................11.1 General Concepts and Terminology...........................................11.2 Sensor Classification......................................................61.3 General Input-Output Configuration.........................................71.4 Static Characteristics of Measurement Systems..............................121.5 Dynamic Characteristics....................................................211.6 Other Sensor Characteristics...............................................311.7 Primary Sensors............................................................361.8 Materials for Sensors......................................................541.9 Microsensor Technology.....................................................621.10 Problems..................................................................682 Resistive Sensors............................................................732.1 Potentiometers.............................................................732.2 Strain Gages...............................................................802.3 Resistive Temperature Detectors (RTDs).....................................882.4 Thermistors................................................................942.5 Magnetoresistors...........................................................1092.6 Light-Dependent Resistors (LDRs)...........................................1142.7 Resistive Hygrometers......................................................1192.8 Resistive Gas Sensors......................................................1212.9 Liquid Conductivity Sensors................................................1262.10 Problems..................................................................1293 Signal Conditioning for Resistive Sensors....................................1333.1 Measurement of Resistance..................................................1333.2 Voltage Dividers...........................................................1393.3 Wheatstone Bridge: Balance Measurements....................................1523.4 Wheatstone Bridge: Deflection Measurements.................................1543.5 Differential and Instrumentation Amplifiers................................1703.6 Interference...............................................................1843.7 Problems...................................................................1984 Reactance Variation and Electromagnetic Sensors..............................2074.1 Capacitive Sensors.........................................................2074.2 Inductive Sensors..........................................................2204.3 Electromagnetic Sensors....................................................2604.4 Problems...................................................................2725 Signal Conditioning for Reactance Variation Sensors..........................2775.1 Problems and Alternatives..................................................2775.2 ac Bridges.................................................................2815.3 Carrier Amplifiers and Coherent Detection..................................2995.4 Specific Signal Conditioners for Capacitive Sensors........................3135.5 Resolver-to-Digital and Digital-to-Resolver Converters.....................3165.6 Problems...................................................................3226 Self-Generating Sensors......................................................3296.1 Thermoelectric Sensors: Thermocouples......................................3296.2 Piezoelectric Sensors......................................................3456.3 Pyroelectric Sensors.......................................................3576.4 Photovoltaic Sensors.......................................................3636.5 Electrochemical Sensors....................................................3666.6 Problems...................................................................3697 Signal Conditioning for Self-Generating Sensors..............................3757.1 Chopper and Low-Drift Amplifiers...........................................3767.2 Electrometer and Transimpedance Amplifiers.................................3887.3 Charge Amplifiers..........................................................3977.4 Noise in Amplifiers........................................................4037.5 Noise and Drift in Resistors...............................................4217.6 Problems...................................................................4278 Digital and Intelligent Sensors..............................................4338.1 Position Encoders..........................................................4338.2 Resonant Sensors...........................................................4458.3 Variable Oscillators.......................................................4588.4 Conversion to Frequency, Period, or Time Duration..........................4678.5 Direct Sensor-Microcontroller Interfacing..................................4768.6 Communication Systems for Sensors..........................................4868.7 Intelligent Sensors........................................................4928.8 Problems...................................................................4949 Other Sensing Methods........................................................5019.1 Sensors Based on Semiconductor Junctions...................................5019.2 Sensors Based on MOSFET Transistors........................................5229.3 Charge-Coupled and CMOS Image Sensors......................................5259.4 Fiber-Optic Sensors........................................................5339.5 Ultrasonic-Based Sensors...................................................5389.6 Biosensors.................................................................5449.7 Problems...................................................................546Appendix: Solutions to the Problems............................................553Index..........................................................................571

Preface

Sensors have been traditionally used for industrial process control, measurement, and automation, often involving temperature, pressure, flow, and level measurement. Nowadays, sensors enable a myriad of applications fostered by developments in digital electronics and involving the measurement of several physical and chemical quantities in automobiles, aircraft, medical products, office machines, personal computers, consumer electronics, home appliances, and pollution control.

Many of the new application areas for sensors do not pose any severe working conditions and are high-volume consumers. This makes those applications a target for semiconductor-based sensors, particularly sensors built by microfabrication techniques (microsensors), which can be manufactured in large scale. Annual sales of accelerometers and pressure sensors in the automotive industry, along with the annual sales of blood pressure sensors in the medical industry, amount to tens of millions units. Gas sensors, rate sensors, CMOS image sensors, and biosensors can similarly boom.

Classical sensors (or macrosensors) have not been superseded by the new microsensors. Many conventional sensors are still required for specialized applications, so there is no replacement for them in the foreseeable future....

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Wiley-Interscience
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0471332321
• ISBN 13: 9780471332329
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 608
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