Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Sensors and transducers (17.EISMP)

Native organizations units: Department of Power, Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Measurement-Information Technologies and Control Engineering (Year: 3, Semester: Winter)

General information:

Category	Theoretical-methodological
Scientific or art field	Električna merenja, metrologija i biomedicina
ECTS	7

Acquiring of basic knowledge in the field of sensors and transducers, physical properties of sensors, manufacturing process.Dependency of change of physical parameters on the quantity being measured, as well as ways to connect sensors in electric or electronic circuit and sensor signal conditioning.

Introduction to the principles and application of sensors and transducers. The ability to simulate the operation of sensors and transducers using the modern software tools. Ability to design and use sensors and transducers. Ability to choose the appropriate sensor and transducer for different purposes.

Introduction. Principles of operation and use of sensors. Types of sensors: capacitive, inductive, resistive, electromagnetic, the Hall-effect, ChemFET transistors, piezoelectric, optical, sensors, displacement sensors, radiation sensors, etc. Sensors of electrical and non-electrical quantities. Intelligent sensors. Metrology of sensors. Application and architecture of transducers. Adjustment (conditioning) of sensor signals. Analog and digital electronic circuits used in transducers. Surge protection. Maintaining signal quality. Software packages to simulate physical properties of sensors and transducers. Circuits for impedance matching.

Lectures, laboratory practice.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Coloquium exam	No	No	20.00
Coloquium exam	No	No	20.00
Written part of the exam - tasks and theory	No	Yes	30.00
Laboratory exercise defence	Yes	Yes	30.00
Oral part of the exam	No	Yes	40.00