Advanced Topics in Electronic Sensors – Principles and Applications
Lecturer:
Dr. Friedrich Klappenbach, Prof. Jia Chen
TUM Online:
Offered in:
Winter term
Hours:
3 hours per week
Registration:
siehe TUMonline "Course Criteria & Registration"
Objective (Expected Results of Study and Acquired Competences)
By participating in the module events, students gain knowledge and deep insights into details of various sensors. The students are then able to familiarize themselves independently with the topic of a specific sensor and to consider the relevant aspects when integrating the sensor into a measurement process. The elaboration and documentation of the sources in a 3-page document trains scientific work and documentation.
Content
The module participants work independently and comprehensively on the topic of a freely chosen sensor and present the results in a 20-30-minute presentation to the other participants. Sensors in the narrower sense are devices that convert a parameter (light, pressure, magnetic field, concentrations, weight, forces ...) into an electronically evaluable signal.
The following points should be considered in terms of content (example for CCD):
- General functionality, especially physical (or chemical) basics (photoelectrons, charge transfer, ADC)
- Requirements of the sensor (imaging optics, aperture, storage space)
- Weaknesses / limits of the sensor (dark current, offset, pixel errors, non-linearity)
- Applications (also "off-label use") (cameras, barcode scanners, spectrometers, X-ray devices)
- Most important aspects of implementation / integration in interaction with other hardware (costs, cooling, data transfer rate, DC offset, ADC)
- Alternative technologies with a similar / same goal (CCD → CMOS)?
Then the content of the lecture is discussed with the other students in the seminar and questions are asked (approx. 10 min) and feedback for the presentation (style, choice of media, red thread, ...) is given (approx. 5 min).
Particular attention is paid to the correct scientific working method, in particular to correct citations; The most important aspects and sources are summarized in a 3-page document.
Language
Englisch, German
Previous knowledge expected
Basics in electrical engineering, optionally subject-specific knowledge depending on the selected sensor (e.g. optics for optical sensors, acoustics for sound sensors, etc.)