Download or read book Thin Film Resistive Sensors written by Petru Ciureanu and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a complete overview of thin film resistive sensors.devoted to thin-film devices. Each type of input energy is discussed in a separate chapter. Detailed descriptions are given of the materials, properties, structure and principles of operation of the sensors as well as their main applications. Results of the authors' research and comprehensive reviews of the current literature are included. The scope of this book and its accessible style make it a valuable reference work to graduate scientists and engineers in many disciplines. Written for scientists and engineers using or developing thin film sensors.
Download or read book Thin Film Magnetoresistive Sensors written by S Tumanski and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2001-06-08 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thin Film Magnetoresistive Sensors presents a comprehensive review of thin film magnetoresistive (MR) sensors, including the theory of MR effects as well as the design, fabrication, properties, and applications of MR sensors. With over 1,000 references, the book fully reviews the theory, development, and use of these sensors. It provides essential information about the performance of various kinds of sensors, including permalloy magnetoresistors, spin valve sensors, multilayer sensors, colossal effect sensors, spin dependent tunneling sensors, and magnetoimpedance sensors.
Download or read book Micromachined Thin Film Sensors for SOI CMOS Co Integration written by Jean Laconte and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-10-11 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Co-integration of sensors with their associated electronics on a single silicon chip may provide many significant benefits regarding performance, reliability, miniaturization and process simplicity without significantly increasing the total cost. Micromachined Thin-Film Sensors for SOI-CMOS Co-integration covers the challenges and interests and demonstrates the successful co-integration of gas-flow sensors on dielectric membrane, with their associated electronics, in CMOS-SOI technology. We firstly investigate the extraction of residual stress in thin layers and in their stacking and the release, in post-processing, of a 1 μm-thick robust and flat dielectric multilayered membrane using Tetramethyl Ammonium Hydroxide (TMAH) silicon micromachining solution. The optimization of its selectivity towards aluminum is largely demonstrated. The second part focuses on sensors design and characteristics. A novel loop-shape polysilicon microheater is designed and built in a CMOS-SOI standard process. High thermal uniformity, low power consumption and high working temperature are confirmed by extensive measurements. The additional gas flow sensing layers are judiciously chosen and implemented. Measurements in the presence of a nitrogen flow and gas reveal fair sensitivity on a large flow velocity range as well as good response to many gases. Finally, MOS transistors suspended on released dielectric membranes are presented and fully characterized as a concluding demonstrator of the co-integration in SOI technology.
Download or read book Advances in Sensors Reviews Vol 6 written by Sergey Yurish and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-07-30 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vol. 6 of this Book Series contains 21 chapters written by 94 contributors-experts from universities and research centres, from 21 countries: Argentina, Austria, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Thailand, UK and USA. This volume is devoted to various chemical sensors (sensors for various gases, nucleic acids, organic compounds, nanosensors, etc.) and biosensors. This book ensures that our readers will stay at the cutting edge of the field and get the right and effective start point and road map for the further researches and developments. By this way, they will be able to save more time for productive research activity and eliminate routine work. With the unique combination of information in this volume, the 'Advances in Sensors: Reviews' Book Series will be of value for scientists and engineers in industry and at universities, to sensors developers, distributors, and end users.
Download or read book Position Sensors written by David S. Nyce and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-05-20 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A resource on position sensor technology, including background, operational theory, design and applications This book explains the theory and applications of the technologies used in the measurement of linear and angular/rotary position sensors. The first three chapters provide readers with the necessary background information on sensors. These chapters review: the working definitions and conventions used in sensing technology; the specifications of linear position transducers and sensors and how they affect performance; and sensor output types and communication protocols. The remaining chapters discuss each separate sensor technology in detail. These include resistive sensors, cable extension transducers, capacitive sensors, inductive sensors, LVDT and RVDT sensors, distributed impedance sensors, Hall Effect sensors, magnetoresistive sensors, magnetostrictive sensors, linear and rotary encoders, and optical triangulation position sensors. Discusses sensor specification, theory of operation, sensor design, and application criteria Reviews the background history of the linear and angular/rotary position sensors as well as the underlying engineering techniques Includes end-of-chapter exercises Position Sensors is written for electrical, mechanical, and material engineers as well as engineering students who are interested in understanding sensor technologies.
Download or read book Understanding Position Sensors written by David Nyce and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-06-27 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the definitive resource on position sensing technology, Understanding Position Sensors encompasses all aspects necessary for a full understanding of the field, with topics of background, operational theory, design, and application. While grasping the theory of technologies used in the measurement of linear and angular/rotary position sensors, the reader will also learn about terminology, interfacing, testing, and other valuable concepts that are useful in the understanding of sensors in general. The first three chapters provide readers with the necessary background information on sensors. These chapters review the working definitions and conventions used in sensing technology; specification of position sensors and the effect on performance; and sensor output types, plus an extensive section covering communication protocols. The remaining chapters describe each separate sensor technology in detail. These include resistive sensors, cable extension transducers, capacitive sensors, inductive sensors, LVDT and RVDT sensors, distributed impedance sensors, Hall effect sensors, magnetoresistive sensors, magnetostrictive sensors, linear and rotary encoders, optical triangulation position sensors, and ultrasonic position sensors. Presents sensor specification, theory of operation, sensor design, and application criteria Reviews the background history of position sensors as well as the underlying engineering techniques Includes end-of-chapter exercises Understanding Position Sensors is written for electrical, mechanical, and material engineers, as well as for engineering students who are interested in understanding sensor technologies, and can be used as a textbook for an engineering course on sensor technology.
Download or read book Resistive Capacitive Inductive and Magnetic Sensor Technologies written by Winncy Y. Du and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-12-09 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sensor technologies have experienced dramatic growth in recent years, making a significant impact on national security, health care, environmental improvement, energy management, food safety, construction monitoring, manufacturing and process control, and more. However, education on sensor technologies has not kept pace with this rapid development ... until now. Resistive, Capacitive, Inductive, and Magnetic Sensor Technologies examines existing, new, and novel sensor technologies and—through real-world examples, sample problems, and practical exercises—illustrates how the related science and engineering principles can be applied across multiple disciplines, offering greater insight into various sensors’ operating mechanisms and practical functions. The book assists readers in understanding resistive, capacitive, inductive, and magnetic (RCIM) sensors, as well as sensors with similar design concepts, characteristics, and circuitry. Resistive, Capacitive, Inductive, and Magnetic Sensor Technologies is a complete and comprehensive overview of RCIM sensing technologies. It takes a unique approach in describing a broad range of sensing technologies and their diverse applications by first reviewing the necessary physics, and then explaining the sensors’ intrinsic mechanisms, distinctive designs, materials and manufacturing methods, associated noise types, signal conditioning circuitry, and practical applications. The text not only covers silicon and metallic sensors but also those made of modern and specialized materials such as ceramics, polymers, and organic substances. It provides cutting-edge information useful to students, researchers, scientists, and practicing professionals involved in the design and application of sensor-based products in fields such as biomedical engineering, mechatronics, robotics, aerospace, and beyond.
Download or read book Thick Film Sensors written by Maria Prudenziati and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inaugurating a new Elsevier series, this volume presents the state of the art in thick-film technology. It disseminates the data identifying the actual performances and applications of thick-film sensors manufactured all over the world, and presents ideas underlying current activities in the research and development of new devices. Three major areas are explored in which thick-film technology contributes as a sensor technology, namely hybrid circuits for signal processing, creation of architectural structures, and transducing elements derived from thick-film pastes. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Microscale Acoustofluidics written by Thomas Laurell and published by Royal Society of Chemistry. This book was released on 2014-12-08 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The manipulation of cells and microparticles within microfluidic systems using external forces is valuable for many microscale analytical and bioanalytical applications. Acoustofluidics is the ultrasound-based external forcing of microparticles with microfluidic systems. It has gained much interest because it allows for the simple label-free separation of microparticles based on their mechanical properties without affecting the microparticles themselves. Microscale Acoustofluidics provides an introduction to the field providing the background to the fundamental physics including chapters on governing equations in microfluidics and perturbation theory and ultrasound resonances, acoustic radiation force on small particles, continuum mechanics for ultrasonic particle manipulation, and piezoelectricity and application to the excitation of acoustic fields for ultrasonic particle manipulation. The book also provides information on the design and characterization of ultrasonic particle manipulation devices as well as applications in acoustic trapping and immunoassays. Written by leading experts in the field, the book will appeal to postgraduate students and researchers interested in microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip applications.
Download or read book Functional Nanomaterials written by Sabu Thomas and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-06-12 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive overview of the current state-of-art in oxide nanostructures, carbon nanostructures and 2D materials fabrication. It covers mimicking of sensing mechanisms and applications in gas sensors. It focuses on gas sensors based on functional nanostructured materials, especially related to issues of sensitivity, selectivity, and temperature dependency for sensors. It covers synthesis, properties, and current gas sensing tools and discusses the necessity for miniaturized sensors. This book will be of use to senior undergraduate and graduate students, professionals, and researchers in the field of solid-state physics, materials science, surface science and chemical engineering.
Download or read book Microchemical Engineering in Practice written by Thomas Dietrich and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-11-18 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Microchemical Engineering in Practice provides the information chemists and engineers need to evaluate the use of microreactors, covering the technical, operational, and economic considerations for various applications. It explains the systems needed to use microreactors in production and presents examples of microreactor use in different chemistries, including larger scale production processes. There are guidelines on calculating the costs and the risks of production using continuous flow microreactors. Complete with case studies, this is an essential guide for chemists and engineers interested in investigating the advantages of chemical microreactors.
Download or read book Functional Thin Films and Nanostructures for Sensors written by Anis Zribi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-04-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses advances in functional thin films for sensors and novel concepts for future breakthroughs. The focus is on guidelines and design rules for sensor systems, interaction between functional thin films and other sensor subsystems, fundamentals behind the intrinsic functionality in sensing thin films and nanostructures, state-of-the-art technologies used to develop sensors today and concrete examples of sensor designs.
Download or read book Rolling Contacts written by T. A. Stolarski and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by their many years of research collaboration, Stolarski (mechanical engineering, Brunel U., UK) and Tobe (Ashikaga Institute of Technology, Japan) have created this text with the aim of helping practicing designers, researchers, and postgraduate students (especially of engineering) to better understand, select, and design rolling contacts for mechanical devices and systems. The text presents the fundamentals of rolling friction, emphasizing the important engineering applications of rolling contacts. Applications described include rolling bearings, gears, road-tire and rail-wheel interactions, cam-tappet systems, and roll-forming of materials. Distributed by ASME. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Experimental Performance of a Micromachined Heat Flux Sensor written by S. Stefanescu and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steady-state and frequency response calibration of a microfabricated heat-flux sensor have been completed. This sensor is batch fabricated using standard, micromachining techniques, allowing both miniaturization and the ability to create arrays of sensors and their corresponding interconnects. Both high-frequency and spatial response is desired, so the sensors are both thin and of small cross-sectional area. Thin-film, temperature-sensitive resistors are used as the active gauge elements. Two sensor configurations are investigated: (1) a Wheatstone-bridge using four resistors; and (2) a simple, two-resistor design. In each design, one resistor (or pair) is covered by a thin layer (5000 A) thermal barrier; the other resistor (or pair) is covered by a thick (5 microns) thermal barrier. The active area of a single resistor is 360 microns by 360 microns; the total gauge area is 1.5 mm square. The resistors are made of 2000 A-thick metal; and the entire gauge is fabricated on a 25 microns-thick flexible, polyimide substrate. Heat flux through the surface changes the temperature of the resistors and produces a corresponding change in resistance. Sensors were calibrated using two radiation heat sources: (1) a furnace for steady-state, and (2) a light and chopper for frequency response.
Download or read book Sensors for Mechatronics written by P. P. L. Regtien and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-01-17 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title offers an overview of various sensors and sensor systems as required and applied in mechatronics. Emphasis lies on the physical background of the operating principles, illustrated with examples of commercially available sensors and of recent and future developments.
Download or read book Electromechanical Sensors and Actuators written by Ilene J. Busch-Vishniac and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike other treatments of sensors or actuators, this book approaches the devices from the point of view of the fundamental coupling mechanism between the electrical and mechanical behaviour. The principles of operation of the solenoid are the same in both cases, and this book thus treats them together. It begins with a discussion of systems analysis as a tool for modelling transducers, before turning to a detailed discussion of transduction mechanisms. The whole is rounded off by an input/output analysis of transducers.
Download or read book Ultra Thin Sensors and Data Conversion Techniques for Hybrid System in Foil written by Mourad Elsobky and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-03-18 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reports on the design, fabrication and characterization of a set of flexible electronic components, including on-foil sensors, organic thin-film transistors and ultra-thin chips. The core of the work is on showing how to combine high-performance integrated circuits with large-area electronic components on a single polymeric foil, to realize smart electronic systems for different applications, such as temperature, humidity and mechanical stress sensors. The book offers an extensive introduction to Hybrid System-in-Foil technology (HySiF), and related on-chip/on-foil passive and active components. It presents six case studies designed to highlight key HySiF challenges, together with the methodology to address those challenges. Last but not least, it describes the development of a reconfigurable, energy-efficient Analog-to-Digital Converter for HySiF. All in all, this book provides readers with extensive information on the state of the art in the design and characterization of integrated circuits and hybrid electronic systems on flexible polymeric substrates. By describing significant advances in organic thin-film transistor technology, this work is expected to pave the way to future developments in the area of energy-efficient smart sensors and integrated circuits.
