Integrated Smart Sensors

1 Introduction. - 1. 1 Introduction. - 1. 2 Sensors and actuators. - 1. 3 Integrated smart sensors. - 1. 4 Measurement errors and correction. - 1. 5 Objective and Organization. - References. - 2 Integrated Smart Sensor Concept. - 2. 1 Introduction. - 2. 2 Silicon sensors. - 2. 3 Analog Interface circuits. - 2. 4 Analog-to-Digital conversion. - 2. 5 Digital bus or microcontroller interface. - 2. 6 Integrating a calibration function in the smart sensor concept. - References. - 3 Calibration and Linearization Techniques. - 3. 1 Introduction. - 3. 2 Linearization. - 3. 3 Progressive polynomial calibration method. - 3. 4 Conclusion. - References. - 4 Calibration using Analog Signal Processing. - 4. 1 Introduction. - 4. 2 Conventional sensor calibration. - 4. 3 Analog calibration circuits. - 4. 4 Classical pulse-modulated calibration. - 4. 5 Analog implementation of a polynomial calibration. - 4. 6 Conclusion. - References. - 5 Calibration using Sigma-Delta Analog-to-Digital Conversion. - 5. 1 Introduction. - 5. 2 Sigma-delta AD-converters. - 5. 3 Alteration of the sigma-delta transfer. - 5. 4 Implementation of the sigma-delta AD-converter. - 5. 5 Smart temperature sensor realizations. - 5. 6 Conclusion. - References. - 6 Calibration using Digital Signal Processing. - 6. 1 Introduction. - 6. 2 Hardware implementation. - 6. 3 Software implementation. - 6. 4 Conclusion. - References. - 7 Summary and Conclusions. Language: English