Notes for Sensors And Transducers - ST by Anita Mohanty

Static Characteristics: systematic characteristics, statistical characteristics, calibration

transfer functions of typical sensing elements, step and frequency response of first and second order elements, dynamic error in measurement systems

Signal and noise in measurement system

potentiometers, Resistance Temperature Detector (RTD), thermistors, strain gages

variable separation, area and dielectric

variable reluctance and LVDT displacement sensors

Electromagnetic sensing elements

laws, thermocouple characteristics, installation problems, cold junction compensation

IC temperature sensor

Bourdon tube, bellows, and diaphragms for pressure sensing, force and torque measurement

Numericals

design of resistive and reactive bridges, push-pull configuration for improvement of linearity and sensitivity

Operational amplifiers-ideal and non-ideal performances, inverting, noninverting and differential amplifiers, instrumentation amplifier

filters

A.C. carrier systems

Oscillator And Resonator