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Valid for year : 2011
 
TFMT18 Contemporary Sensor Systems, 6 ECTS credits.
/Moderna sensorsystem/

For:   BME   FyN   MFYS   Y  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 46
Rec. self-study hours: 114

  Area of Education: Science

Main field of studies: Physics, Applied Physics

  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): A

Aim:
To provide an insight in the function and design of modern measurement system, based on chemical sensors, including all various aspects ranging from the sensor principle to the application. The course will provide knowledge in
  1. The basic detection mechanism of the most common chemical sensors
  2. Data collection routines for chemical sensors
  3. Drift compensation algorithms for chemical sensors
  4. The electronics for chemical sensors
  5. Examples of (commercial) chemical sensor systems
  6. Basic knowledge about taste and smell senses (of human beings)
  7. Basic knowledge about sample handling and treatment


Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Basic courses in physics and electronics

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
Organisation:
Lectures and laboratory work (3 x 1/2 day) on sensor principles and applications. A number of guest lecturers are invited to present special topics. Visits to a research laboratory and to companies, which develops sensor systems, are also included.

Course contents:
Measurement systems are studied in detail from sensor principle to application. The systems are chosen from the current research at the department and from industry and may e. g. be the "electronic nose" and the "electronic tongue" or biosensor systems based on surface plasmon resonance or other optical principles. As an introduction a short and brief overview of measurement technology, with emphasis on odor measurements, is given. The measurement system is then studied with respect to
  1. physical sensor device principle,
  2. design of the system, read-out electronics, amplifiers
  3. signal processing, linearization, filtering, noise
  4. data acquisition and data presentation
  5. drift compensation algorithms
  6. sample handling
  7. smell and taste as scientific areas
  8. multisensing aspects
  9. applications
The participants perform a oral presentation of the laboratory work.
Course literature:
Lecture notes, book chapters, articles, distributed during the course
Examination:
Laboratory work
Hand-in exercises and 70 % participation of the lectures
Optional written assignment for higher grade
 2 ECTS
4 ECTS
0 ECTS
 
Hand-in exercises will show that the students have understood the important parts of the course and that they to some extent are able to use the acquired knowledge. Home exercises give grade U, 3 or 4. An extra report, a review of a number of chapters from a book or scientific papers, may increase the grade one step.


Course language is Swedish/English.
Department offering the course: IFM.
Director of Studies: Ragnar Erlandsson
Examiner: Anita Lloyd Spetz
Link to the course homepage at the department


Course Syllabus in Swedish

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Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se
Last updated: 04/29/2011