INSTRUMENTATION ELECTRONICS AND SENSORS

ELE5FIE

2016

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).

School: School Engineering&Mathematical Sciences

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.

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

01. Summarise and differentiate the characteristics and performance of a range of sensors and transducers and signal conditioning, signal processing, data conversion & data presentation systems.

Activities:: Lectures in Week 1 introduce the terminology and address ambiguities in the semantics; Tutorial 1 and Assignment 1 reinforce student awareness
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Writing(Writing); Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving); Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)

02. Design and apply Op amp circuits in instrumentation amps, feedback amps and power supplies, and analise their stability.

Activities:: Lectures in Week 2 introduce the background material; Assignment 2 provides student experience. Laboratory Exercise 1 introduces circuit simulation using LTSpice, which Laboratory Exercise 2 implements in hardware.
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving); Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research); Quantitative Literacy/ Numeracy(Quantitative Literacy/ Numeracy); Writing(Writing)

03. Apply rigorous methods to the design of single, compound and hybrid-transistor amplifiers, current sources, active loads, power semiconductor circuits, feedback amplifiers and active filters for noise reduction.

Activities:: Lectures introduce the background material; Aspects of Assignments 2, 3 and 4 provide student exercise.
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Writing(Writing); Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research); Discipline-specific GCs(Discipline-specific GCs); Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)

04. Explain 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

Activities:: Laboratory Exercise 3 introduces data acquisition with LabView, which Laboratory Exercise 4 implements with sensors.
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Discipline-specific GCs(Discipline-specific GCs); Writing(Writing); Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking); Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)

05. Characterise, compare and contrast, various sensors (for example temperature and strain, motion)

Activities:: Lectures provide background material and tutorials enable student discussion
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving); Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)

06. Undertake a literature review and produce a report demonstrating understanding of the design and application of sensors/transducers and instrumentation circuits/systems.

Activities:: Essay topics and literature sources, along with examples of assessment expectations, will be provided and discussed in lectures.
Related graduate capabilities and elements:: Writing(Writing); Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)

Melbourne, 2016, Semester 1, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Paul Junor

Class requirements

Laboratory Class
One 3.0 hours laboratory class per week and delivered via face-to-face.

Lecture
Three 1.0 hours lecture per week and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment element	%	ILO*
four 500-word assignments	20	01, 02, 03, 06
labs (approx 1,000 words each)	20	02, 03, 04
one 3-hour examination	60	01, 02, 03, 04, 05