Sensors and Low Power Signal Processing

✍ Scribed by Syed Kamrul Islam, Mohammad Rafiqul Haider (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 125
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Low-power sensors and their applications in various fields ranging from military to civilian lives have made tremendous progress in the recent years. Low-power and extended battery life are the key focuses for long term, reliable and easy operation of these sensors. Sensors and Low Power Signal Processing provides a general overview of a sensor’s working principle and a discussion of the emerging sensor technologies including chemical, electro-chemical and MEMS based sensors. Also included is a discussion on design challenges associated with low-power analog circuits and the schemes to overcome them. Finally, a short discussion of some of the simple wireless telemetry schemes best suited for low-power sensor applications and sensor packaging issues is discussed. Applications and sensor prototypes included are environmental monitoring, health care monitoring and issues related to the development of sensor prototypes and associated electronics to achieve high signal-to-noise ratio are also presented.

Sensors and Low Power Signal Processing is perfect for engineers in the sensors and signals community dedicated to developing new prototypes and applications for sensor based products.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction to Sensors and General Applications....Pages 1-18
Devices for Low Power Electronics....Pages 19-30
Low-Power Circuit Design....Pages 31-43
Wireless Telemetry and Low-Power Sensor Applications....Pages 45-59
Sensors Prototypes and Applications....Pages 61-92
Development of Sensor Prototypes and Associated Electronics....Pages 93-113
Conclusions....Pages 115-116
Back Matter....Pages 117-118

✦ Subjects

Circuits and Systems; Signal, Image and Speech Processing; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation