Notes for Sensors And Transducers - ST by Verified Writer

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, dynamic error in measurement systems

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, Thermoelectric sensing elements laws, thermocouple characteristics, installation problems, cold junction compensation IC temperature sensor Elastic sensing elements Bourdon tube,

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