Understanding Smart Sensors, 3rd Edition

Now in its third edition, Understanding Smart Sensors is the most complete, up-to-date, and authoritative summary of the latest applications and developments impacting smart sensors in a single volume. This thoroughly expanded and revised edition of an Artech bestseller contains a wealth of new material, including critical coverage of sensor fusion and energy harvesting, the latest details on wireless technology, and greater emphasis on applications through the book.

Utilizing the latest in smart sensor, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and microelectronic research and development, you get the technical and practical information you need keep your designs and products on the cutting edge. Plus, you see how fuzzy logic and neural networks continue to impact smart sensor development.

By combining information on micromachining and microelectronics, this is the first book that links these two important aspects of smart sensor technology so you don t have to keep multiple references on hand.
Providing an extensive variety of information for both technical and non-technical professionals, this easy-to-understand, time-saving book covers current and emergent technologies, as well as their practical implementation. This comprehensive resource also includes an extensive list of smart sensor acronyms and a glossary of key terms.

Contents: Smart Sensor Basics. Micromachining. The Nature of Semiconductor Sensor Output. Getting Sensed Information into the MCU. Using MCUs/DSCs/DSPs/FPGAs to Increase Sensor IQ. Communications for Smart Sensors.Control Techniques. Wireless Technology: Transceivers, Transponders, and Telemetry. Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Packaging, Testing, and Reliability Implications for Smarter Sensors. Mechatronics and Sensing Systems. Standards for Smart Sensing. Implications of Smart Sensor Standards. Sensor Fusion. Energy Harvesting for Sensor. The Next Phase of Sensing Systems.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Smart Sensor Basics
Chapter 2 Micromachining
Chapter 3 The Nature of Semiconductor Sensor Output
Chapter 4 Getting Sensor Information Into the Microcontroller
Chapter 5 Using MCUs/DSPs to Increase Sensor IQ
Chapter 6 Communications for Smart Sensors
Chapter 7 Control Techniques
Chapter 8 Wireless Sensing
Chapter 9 MEMS Beyond Sensors
Chapter 10 Packaging, Testing, and Reliability Implications of Smarter Sensors
Chapter 11 Mechatronics and Sensing Systems
Chapter 12 Standards for Smart Sensing
Chapter 13 More Standards Impacting Sensors
Chapter 14 Sensor Fusion
Chapter 15 Energy Harvesting for Wireless Sensor Nodes
Chapter 16 The Next Phase of Sensing Systems
Appendix A List of Web Sites for Additional Smart Sensor and MEMS Information