ECTS
9 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Description
Acquire the theoretical and practical fundamentals in the field of thermal, mechanical, acoustic, and optical sensors. Integrate these sensors into an automated instrumentation system.
Objectives
By the end of this course, students will have developed skills in:
1. Basic Sensor Specifications:
- characterization of physical sensors and their signal conditioning circuits, metrological characteristics of the measurement chain
-review of sensor characteristics (linearity, sensitivity, resolution, etc.) and associated electronic circuits.
- Environmental sensors (temperature, humidity)
- strain gauges and their readout circuits
- Microsensors and MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems)
2. Acoustic sensors
- Elasticity and piezoelectricity of materials
- Static sensors and actuators: force, displacement, electrical voltage.
- Vibrating sensors. Resonance conditions;. Equivalent circuit diagrams
- Signal processing in acoustics. Resonance. Time-frequency. Impedance matching. Electronics for signal generation and detection
- Transducers and imaging. Design and performance;. Ultrasound. Focusing in the far and near fields;. Acoustic imaging;
3. Thermal sensors
- Photometric measurements, infrared radiometric chain
- Performance metrics, NEP, and detectivity of thermal detectors: bolometers, thermopiles, pyroelectric sensors
4. Optical sensors for night vision imaging
- Infrared optical sensors and thermal contrast infrared imaging (IR imaging).
- Visible optical detectors and residual light amplification imaging (IL imaging).
- Fusion Sensors
Laboratory: Cleanroom fabrication and characterization of thermal microsensors and infrared photodiodes; integration of the sensors into a measurement system. Use of a state-of-the-art thermal imaging camera to perform thermographic measurements in industrial applications.
Mandatory Prerequisites
Candidates must have a strong academic background in the general fields of microelectronics, semiconductor physics, and/or physics
Recommended prerequisites*:
Microelectronics, semiconductor physics, and/or physics
Knowledge Assessment
Written: 80%, Oral/Practical: 20%
Additional Information
CM: 60 hours
Practical Training: 3:00 p.m.