INSTRUMENTATION ELECTRONICS AND SENSORS
ELE5FIE
2020
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 (e.g. flow, pressure, temperature, displacement, strain, motion, chemical/biomedical electrodes).
School: Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Alex Stumpf
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: N/A
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Admission into the following course: SMELE
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Learning resources
Newnes interfacing companion
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Fischer-Cripps, A.
Year: 2002
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Publisher: NEWNES/ELSEVIER
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Sensors and signal Conditioning
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Pallas-Areny, R., Webster, J.G.
Year: 2001
Edition/Volume: 2ND EDN
Publisher: JOHN WILEY & SONS
ISBN: N/A
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Introduction to Engineering Experimentation
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Wheeler, A Ganji, A
Year: 2010
Edition/Volume: 3RD EDN
Publisher: PEARSON/PRENTICE HALL
ISBN: N/A
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Microelectronic circuits
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Rashid, M
Year: 2011
Edition/Volume: 2ND EDN
Publisher: CENGAGE
ISBN: N/A
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Process control instrumentation technology
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Johnson, C.
Year: 2006
Edition/Volume: 8TH EDN
Publisher: PEARSON/PRENTICE HALL
ISBN: N/A
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Microelectronic circuits
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: Sedra, A
Year: 2016
Edition/Volume: 7TH INTERNATIONAL EDN
Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
ISBN: N/A
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Microelectronic circuits
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Neamen, D
Year: 2010
Edition/Volume: 4TH EDN
Publisher: MCGRAW HILL
ISBN: N/A
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Electrical Engineering Principles & Applications
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Hambley, A
Year: 2013
Edition/Volume: 6TH INTERNATIONAL EDN
Publisher: PEARSON
ISBN: N/A
Chapter/article title: N/A
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Microelectronic circuit design
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Jaeger, R
Year: 2011
Edition/Volume: 4TH EDN
Publisher: MCGRAW HILL
ISBN: N/A
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Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
Location of WBL activity (region): N/A
WBL addtional requirements: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
Graduate Capabilities
Intended Learning Outcomes
Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Blended
Overview
Online enrolment: No
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Alex Stumpf
Class requirements
Laboratory ClassWeek: 11 - 22
One 3.00 hours laboratory class per week on weekdays during the day from week 11 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.00 hour lecture other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
Face-to-face lecture only in week 1.
LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.00 hours lecture per study period on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
Online lectures for the remainder of the subject
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Four written assignments (2,000- words total)Written research and analysis tasks covering major topics within the subject | N/A | N/A | No | 25 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO6 |
Four written laboratory reports (1,000-words total)Write-up of laboratory work including discussions, conclusions and data analysis. | N/A | N/A | No | 25 | SILO2, SILO3, SILO4 |
One 2-hour written examination | N/A | N/A | No | 50 | SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |