Dominique Placko is Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, France, where he teaches applied physics and electronic sciences. He is the writer of over 100 scientific papers in the past 25 years, including contributions to international journals and conferences. He has also published eight books and is co-inventor for 15 patents. He received the Blondel award in 1998.

• Introduction. Chapter 1. Measurement Instrumentation (Mustapha Nadi).Chapter 2. General principles of Sensors (François Lepoutre).Chapter 3. Physical Principles of Optical, Thermal and Mechanical Sensors (François Lepoutre).Chapter 4. Analog Processing Associated with Sensors (Eduardo Santander and Bernard Journet).Chapter 5. Analog Filters (Paul Bildstein).Chapter 6. Real-time Data Acquisition and Processing Systems (Dominique Miller).Chapter 7. The Contribution of Microtechnologies (François Baillieu and Olivier Vancauwenberghe).Chapter 8. Instruments and Measurement Chains (Bernard Journet and Stéphane Poujouly).Chapter 9. Elaboration of Models for the Interaction Between the Sensorand its Environment (Michel Lecollinet).Chapter 10. Representation and Analysis of Signals (Frédéric Truchetet, Cécile Durieu and Denis Prémel).Chapter 11. Multi-sensor Systems: Diagnostics and Fusion (Patrice Aknin and Thierry Maurin).Chapter 12. Intelligent Sensors (Michel Robert).List of Authors.Index.

Dominique Placko is Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, France, where he teaches applied physics and electronic sciences. He is the writer of over 100 scientific papers in the past 25 years, including contributions to international journals and conferences. He has also published eight books and is co-inventor for 15 patents. He received the Blondel award in 1998.

• Introduction. Chapter 1. Measurement Instrumentation (Mustapha Nadi).Chapter 2. General principles of Sensors (François Lepoutre).Chapter 3. Physical Principles of Optical, Thermal and Mechanical Sensors (François Lepoutre).Chapter 4. Analog Processing Associated with Sensors (Eduardo Santander and Bernard Journet).Chapter 5. Analog Filters (Paul Bildstein).Chapter 6. Real-time Data Acquisition and Processing Systems (Dominique Miller).Chapter 7. The Contribution of Microtechnologies (François Baillieu and Olivier Vancauwenberghe).Chapter 8. Instruments and Measurement Chains (Bernard Journet and Stéphane Poujouly).Chapter 9. Elaboration of Models for the Interaction Between the Sensorand its Environment (Michel Lecollinet).Chapter 10. Representation and Analysis of Signals (Frédéric Truchetet, Cécile Durieu and Denis Prémel).Chapter 11. Multi-sensor Systems: Diagnostics and Fusion (Patrice Aknin and Thierry Maurin).Chapter 12. Intelligent Sensors (Michel Robert).List of Authors.Index.

Dominique Placko is Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, France, where he teaches applied physics and electronic sciences. He is the writer of over 100 scientific papers in the past 25 years, including contributions to international journals and conferences. He has also published eight books and is co-inventor for 15 patents. He received the Blondel award in 1998.

• Introduction. Chapter 1. Measurement Instrumentation (Mustapha Nadi).Chapter 2. General principles of Sensors (François Lepoutre).Chapter 3. Physical Principles of Optical, Thermal and Mechanical Sensors (François Lepoutre).Chapter 4. Analog Processing Associated with Sensors (Eduardo Santander and Bernard Journet).Chapter 5. Analog Filters (Paul Bildstein).Chapter 6. Real-time Data Acquisition and Processing Systems (Dominique Miller).Chapter 7. The Contribution of Microtechnologies (François Baillieu and Olivier Vancauwenberghe).Chapter 8. Instruments and Measurement Chains (Bernard Journet and Stéphane Poujouly).Chapter 9. Elaboration of Models for the Interaction Between the Sensorand its Environment (Michel Lecollinet).Chapter 10. Representation and Analysis of Signals (Frédéric Truchetet, Cécile Durieu and Denis Prémel).Chapter 11. Multi-sensor Systems: Diagnostics and Fusion (Patrice Aknin and Thierry Maurin).Chapter 12. Intelligent Sensors (Michel Robert).List of Authors.Index.