Integrated Smart Sensors

'Each chapter ... is well organized, containing a brief introduction, analysis of the main theme, conclusion and literature reference, a good starting point for further study. ... the book represents a well-written source for fundamental concepts and methods in the area of integrated smart sensors design and prepares the reader for further reading of the literature associated with this subject. This is an important book. I recommend it.' Microelectronics Journal, 29 (1998)

• 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.