Sensors and Low Power Signal Processing

A general overview of a sensor's working principles and a discussion of emerging sensor technologies including chemical, electro-chemical and MEMS based sensors. Included is material on design challenges in low-power analog circuits and how to overcome them.

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 will also be presented.

Contains a cohesive treatment of the general concept of a sensor's working principle and how it could be used for various applications Provides an extensive discussion on the fundamentals of the emerging sensor technologies Includes a discussion on device physics of the bulk CMOS and the SOI CMOS processes with respect to monolithic sensor integration and low-power sensor signal processing Includes detailed information on design challenges of low-power analog circuits and the schemes to overcome them Provides a discussion of some of the simple wireless telemetry schemes and sensor packaging schemes best suited for low-power sensor applications Covers and discusses the specific applications of MEMs in Sensors, in biomedical, anti-terrorism, and in environmental applications Detailed 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 will also be presented Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
to Sensors and General Applications.- Devices for Low Power Electronics.- Low-Power Circuit Design.- Wireless Telemetry and Low-Power Sensor Applications.- Sensors Prototypes and Applications.- Development of Sensor Prototypes and Associated Electronics.- Conclusions.