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Introduction To Smart Sensors & Its' Application: Pranay Mondal (Academy of Technology)

This document discusses smart sensors, which combine sensors and interfacing circuits. It defines smart sensors as sensors that can manipulate and compute sensor data. The document outlines the components and architecture of smart sensors and describes their evolution over generations. It discusses advantages like reduced size and cost. Applications mentioned include accelerometers, optical sensors, infrared detectors, and integrated multisensor chips. Industrial uses involve structural monitoring and geological mapping. Disadvantages include increased complexity and cost compared to simple sensors.

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Introduction To Smart Sensors & Its' Application: Pranay Mondal (Academy of Technology)

This document discusses smart sensors, which combine sensors and interfacing circuits. It defines smart sensors as sensors that can manipulate and compute sensor data. The document outlines the components and architecture of smart sensors and describes their evolution over generations. It discusses advantages like reduced size and cost. Applications mentioned include accelerometers, optical sensors, infrared detectors, and integrated multisensor chips. Industrial uses involve structural monitoring and geological mapping. Disadvantages include increased complexity and cost compared to simple sensors.

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INTRODUCTION TO SMART SENSORS & ITS’

APPLICATION
Presented by
PRANAY MONDAL
(ACADEMY OF
TECHNOLOGY)
AEIE 6TH SEM
Roll no.- 47
CONTENTS
 Introduction

 What is Smart Sensors?

 Usefulness of Si technology in Smart Sensors

 Why smart sensor?

 Components of smart sensor

 General architecture of Smart Sensors

 Evolutions of Smart Sensors

 Advantages

 Application of Smart Sensors

 Industrial application area of Smart Sensors

 Disadvantages
INTRODUCTION
 sensors are capable of manipulation and
computation of the sensor-derived data

 Sensor + interfacing circuit = smart sensor

 Capable of
* logic functions,
* two-way communication,
* make decisions.
WHAT IS SMART SENSORS

 A sensor producing an electrical output when combined with


interfacing electronic circuits is known as “Smart Sensor", it is
a combination of both sensor and actuator.

 It simply physical, biological or chemical input & converts it to


the measured value into a digital format.
USEFULNESS OS SILICON TECHNOLOGY IN
SMART SENSORS
 Single chip solution

 Very small in size

 Less space in configuration

 Work with small signals


WHY SMART SENSORS?
Smart sensor enhances the following applications:

 Self calibration: Adjust deviation of o/p of sensor from


desired value.

 Communication: Broadcast information about its own status.

 Computation: Allows one to obtain the average, variance and


standard deviation for the set of measurements.

 Multisensing: A single smart sensor can measure pressure,


temperature, humidity, gas flow and infrared, chemical
reaction surface acoustic vapour etc.

 Cost effective: less hardware and reduction of repetitive


testing make smart sensor cost effective.
COMPONENTS OF SMART SENSORS
I. Network Capable II. Transducer Interface Module
Application Processor (TIM)
(NCAP)
 TEDS Storage
 Communications
 Analog Signal Conditioning
 Interface Control
 Triggering
 Message Routing
 Analog to Digital Conversion
 TIM Discovery and Control
 Command Processing
 Data Correction Interpretation of TEDS
Data  Data Transfer
 Message Encoding and Decoding  Communications
GENERAL ARCHITECTURE OF SMART
SENOSRS
The generalized architecture of smart sensor is shown
below:
EVOLUTION OF SMART SENSORS

 First generation devices had little, if any,


electronics associated with them.

 Second-generation sensors were part of purely


analog systems with virtually all of the electronics
remote from the sensor.
3RD GENERATION SMART SENSOR
4TH GENERATION SMART SENSOR
5TH GENERATION SMART SENSOR
ADVANTAGES

i. Minimum Interconnecting Cables

ii. High Reliability

iii. High Performance

iv. Easy to Design, Use and Maintain

v. Scalable -Flexible System

vi. Small Rugged Packaging

vii. Minimum Cost


APPLICATIONS OF SMART SENSORS

 Accelerometer:
• It consists of the sensing
element and electronics on
silicon. The accelerometer
itself is a metal-coated SiO2
cantilever beam that is
fabricated on silicon chip
where the capacitance
between the beam and the
substrate provides the output
signal.
APPLICATIONS
 Optical sensor:
• Optical sensor is one of the
examples of smart sensor,
which are used for
measuring exposure in
cameras, optical angle
encoders and optical arrays.
Similar examples are load
cells silicon based pressure
sensors.
APPLICATIONS

 Infrared detector
array:

• It is developed at solid
laboratory of university
of Michigan. Here
infrared sensing element
is developed using
polysilicon.
APPLICATIONS

 Integrated multisensor:

• This chip contains MOS


devices for signal
conditioning with on chip
sensor. it is developed in
university of California.
INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION AREA OF SMART
SENSORS
 Structural monitoring:

• It is needed to detect damages of industrial infrastructure.


INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
 Geological mapping:

• It is needed mainly to
detect the minerals on the
geological areas.

• Digital imaging &


interpretation of tunnel
geology.

• Remote measurements of
tunnel response.
DISADVANTAGES

 The smart sensor consists of both actuators & sensors,


so it is more complexed than other simple sensors.

 The complexity is much higher in the wired smart


sensors, as a consequence the costs are also higher.

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