INSTRUMENTATION ELECTRONICS AND SENSORS
ELE5FIE
2014
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This subject concerns electronic instrumentation and sensors for biomedical, industrial and scientific applications: Sensors/transducers; signal conditioning; signal processing; data conversion and data presentation, single/multi-channel acquisition systems. Design of single, compound and hybrid-transistor amplifiers, current sources, active loads, power semiconductor thermal performance and safe operating area. Op amp circuit design and application, instrumentation amps, feedback amps and stability. Power supplies: transformers, rectifiers, filters, regulators, protection circuits. Measurement characteristics and errors, interfering/modifying inputs. Industrial/medical electrical safety, signal grounding, ground loops, electrical isolation, sources of internal and external noise, interference and shielding, signal-to-noise ratio, active filters for noise reduction. Sensors (eg flow, pressure, temperature, displacement, strain, motion, chemical/biomedical electrodes).
Faculty: Faculty of Science, Tech & Engineering
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Paul Junor
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: ELE2CIR, ELE2ANI
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | Electrical Engineering Principles & Applications | Recommended | Hambley, A | 5TH EDN, PEARSON, 2011 |
| Readings | Introduction to Engineering Experimentation | Recommended | Wheeler, A Ganji, A | 3RD EDN, PEARSON/PRENTICE HALL, 2010 |
| Readings | Microelectronic circuit design | Recommended | Jaeger, R | 4TH EDN, MCGRAW HILL, 2011 |
| Readings | Microelectronic circuits | Recommended | Neamen, D | 4TH EDN, MCGRAW HILL, 2010 |
| Readings | Microelectronic circuits | Recommended | Rashid, M | 2ND EDN, CENGAGE, 2011 |
| Readings | Microelectronic circuits | Recommended | Sedra, A | 6TH EDN, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2010 |
| Readings | Newnes interfacing companion | Recommended | Fischer-Cripps, A. | NEWNES/ELSEVIER, 2002. |
| Readings | Process control instrumentation technology | Recommended | Johnson, C. | 8TH EDN, PEARSON/PRENTICE HALL, 2006 |
| Readings | Sensors and signal Conditioning, | Recommended | Pallas-Areny, R., Webster, J.G. | 2ND EDN. JOHN WILEY & SONS, 2001. |
Melbourne, 2014, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Paul Junor
Class requirements
Tutorial
Three 1.0 hours tutorial per week and delivered via face-to-face.
Lecture
Three 1.0 hours lecture per week and delivered via face-to-face.
Laboratory Class
One 2.0 hours laboratory class per week and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % |
|---|---|---|
| four 500-word assignments | 20 | |
| labs (approx 1,000 words each) | 30 | |
| one 3-hour examination | 50 |