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Get up to speed with the fundamentals of electronic sensor design with this comprehensive guide, and discover powerful techniques to reduce the overall design timeline for your specific applications. Includes a step-by-step introduction to a generalized information-centric approach for designing electronic sensors, demonstrating universally applicable practical approaches to speed up the design process. Features detailed coverage of all the tools necessary for effective characterization and organization of the design process, improving overall process efficiency. Provides a coherent and rigorous theoretical framework for understanding the fundamentals of sensor design, to encourage an intuitive understanding of sensor design requirements. Emphasising an integrated interdisciplinary approach throughout, this is an essential tool for professional engineers and graduate students keen to improve their understanding of cutting-edge electronic sensor design.
List of contents
Part I. Fundamentals; 1. Introduction; 2. Sensors Modeling and Characterization; 3. Sensor Design Optimization and Tradeoffs; 4. Overview of Mathematical Tools; 5. Compressive Sensing; Part II. Noise and Electronic Interfaces; 6. The Origin of Noise; 7. Noise in Electronic Devices and Circuits; 8. Detection Techniques; Part III. Selected Topics on Physics of Transduction; 9. Selected Topics on Photon Transduction; 10. Selected Topics on Ionic-Electronic Transduction; 11. Selected Topics on Mechanical and Thermal Transduction; Part IV. Problems and Solutions; 12. Problems and Solutions.
About the author
Marco Tartagni is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Bologna. He has over twenty-five years of experience in microelectronic design, with an emphasis on applied optical, biochemical, aerospace, and nanotechnology sensor design.
Summary
Essential guide for professional engineers and graduate students keen to improve their understanding of cutting-edge electronic sensor design, with techniques to reduce the overall design timeline. Includes a universal information-centric approach to sensor design, tools for improving overall process efficiency, and all the necessary background.
