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Diploma Level

Sensors and Applications

by Prof. Boby George , Prof. Cinthaka

Course ID: EE3103

Course Credits: 4

Course Type: Diploma

Pre-requisites: EE2102 -  Analog Electronic Systems

Course structure & Assessments

The course aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of various sensor technologies, their operating principles, and key characteristics. It also focuses on interface electronics and practical applications, preparing students to design and implement sensor-based systems in automotive, consumer, power, and medical fields. For details of standard course structure and assessments, visit Academics page.

Module 1 Sensors: -Types and characteristics.
Module 2 Mechanical and acoustic sensors: -metallic, thin-film and semiconductor strain gauges, silicon pressure sensors, accelerometers, displacement transducers, piezo junction devices, piezoelectric field-effect transducers, surface acoustic wave devices, ultrasonic based sensors, flow sensors
Module 3 Magnetic and Electric field sensors: -Sensors based on variable magnetic coupling, search coil, magneto resistors, Hall-effect devices, integrated Hall devices, fluxgate sensors, solid-state read and write heads, electrostatic sensors and applications.
Module 4 Light-sensitive sensors: -photovoltaic diodes, photoconductors, photodiodes, phototransistors, positron-sensitive photodetectors, opto-isolators, photodiode arrays, charge-coupled devices, fiber-optic sensor technologies and applications.
Module 5 Thermal sensors: -Platinum resistors, thermistors, silicon transistor thermometers, integrated temperature transducers, thermocouples.
Module 6 Interface electronics: -Noise analysis of interface circuits, electronic circuits designed to interface directly with the sensing elements, linearization, A/D conversion, temperature compensation. Current, frequency, period or pulse-width modulation conversion, microcomputer/microcontroller interfacing.
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Prescribed Books

The following are the suggested books for the course:

Pallas-Areny Ramon, John G. Webster. Sensors and signal conditioning. New York: Wiley, 2001.

De Silva, Clarence W. Sensors and actuators: Engineering system instrumentation. CRC Press, 2015.

Ripka, Pavel, Alois Tipek, eds. Modern sensors handbook. John Wiley & Sons, 2013.

Khazan, Alexander D. Transducers and their elements: design and application. Prentice Hall, 1994

Fraden, Jacob. Handbook of modern sensors: physics, designs, and applications. Springer Science & Business Media, 2004.

Tumanski, Slawomir. Handbook of magnetic measurements. CRC Press, 2016.

About the Instructors

Prof. Boby George
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras

Dr. Boby George received the M. Tech. and Ph. D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras. He is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Madras. His research areas include Sensor Interface Electronics, Electric and Magnetic field Based Sensors and their Applications, Sensor Systems for Water Quality and Quantity Monitoring, and Biomedical Instrumentation. He also serves as Associate Editor for IEEE Sensors Journal, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.

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Prof. Cinthaka
Professor, Department Of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras

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