Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha, Electrical & Electronics Engineering Semester 5, Sensors and Transducers Syllabus

Sensors and Transducers

Module-I: Elements of a general measurement system
Static Characteristics: systematic characteristics, statistical characteristics, calibration; Dynamic characteristics of measurement systems: transfer functions of typical sensing elements, step and frequency response of first and second order elements, and dynamic error in measurement systems.

Module-II: Sensing elements
Resistive sensing elements: potentiometers, Resistance Temperature Detector (RTD), thermistors, strain gages. Capacitive sensing elements: variable separation, area and dielectric; Inductive sensing elements: variable reluctance and LVDT displacement sensors; Electromagnetic sensing elements: velocity sensors.

Module-III: Thermoelectric sensing elements
laws, thermocouple characteristics, installation problems, cold junction compensation. IC temperature sensor Elastic sensing elements: Bourdon tube, bellows, and diaphragms for pressure sensing, force and torque measurement.

Module-IV: Signal Conditioning Elements
Deflection bridges: design of resistive and reactive bridges, push-pull configuration for improvement of linearity and sensitivity. Amplifiers: Operational amplifiers-ideal and non-ideal performances, inverting, non-inverting and differential amplifiers, instrumentation amplifier, filters. A.C. carrier systems, phase sensitive demodulators and its applications in instrumentation.