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Applied Sensor Technology. Outline. Introduction Examples of Sensors Basic readout electronics Semiconductor detectors. Introduction. A sensor measure various physical parameters Motion Height, weight and volume Pressure, Tensile stress Temperature Flow Irradiation Energy ……….
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Outline • Introduction • Examples of Sensors • Basic readout electronics • Semiconductor detectors
Introduction • A sensor measure various physical parameters • Motion • Height, weight and volume • Pressure, Tensile stress • Temperature • Flow • Irradiation • Energy • ………
Introduction • Why do we need sensors?
Introduction Elements of a measurement system
Sensor Characteristics Accuracy Calibration Dead-zone Drift Error Hysteresis Lag Linearity Operating life Precision Sensor Characteristics Range Rating Reliability Repeatability Reproducibility Response Resolution Sensitivity Stability Static error Tolerance Introduction
Examples of Sensors • Resistance Strain Gauge • Measure change in size of a solid object, due to the object being strained.
Examples of Sensors • Measuring volume in a fuel tank 1 2
Examples of Sensors • Piezoelectric pressure sensor • Mechanical pressure • Gas pressure
Examples of Sensors • Audio (change in air pressure) • Recording • Mixing (Signal processing)
Examples of Sensors • Temperature measurement, thermocouple element
Examples of Sensors • Temperature measurement by heat radiation
Basic readout electronics • Purpose • Amplify small signal from the sensor • Signal processing to suppress noise
Basic readout electronics • Operational amplifier • Voltage Comparator • Voltage amplifier • Inverting • Non-inverting
Basic readout electronics • Operational amplifier • Differential amplifier • Instrumentation amplifier
Basic readout electronics • Operational amplifier • Voltage amplifier • Current amplifier • Charge sensitive amp.
L hv Xc i2 i1 0 SiO2 P+ eh eh e h n-type Si substrate n+ Al Semiconductor detectors Lateral photoeffect PSD • Low non linearity ~0.1% • Independent of light spot focus • Simple calculation of the position
Applied Sensor Technology • Semiconductor physics • Semiconductor processing • Analog Electronics • http://apachepersonal.miun.se/~gorthu/AST/