Linear position sensors : theory and application / David S. Nyce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nyce, David S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transducers.

Detectors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Interscience, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sensor technology is an increasingly important area of researchThis will be the only book entirely devoted to the topic

Contents:

LINEAR POSITION SENSORS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 SENSOR DEFINITIONS AND CONVENTIONS; 1.1 Is It a Sensor or a Transducer?; 1.2 Position versus Displacement; 1.3 Absolute or Incremental Reading; 1.4 Contact or Contactless Sensing and Actuation; 1.5 Linear and Angular Configurations; 1.6 Application versus Sensor Technology; 2 SPECIFICATIONS; 2.1 About Position Sensor Specifications; 2.2 Measuring Range; 2.3 Zero and Span; 2.4 Repeatability; 2.5 Nonlinearity; 2.6 Hysteresis; 2.7 Calibrated Accuracy; 2.8 Drift; 2.9 What Does All This about Accuracy Mean to Me?; 2.10 Temperature Effects

2.11 Response Time 2.12 Output Types; 2.13 Shock and Vibration; 2.14 EMI/EMC; 2.15 Power Requirements; 2.16 Intrinsic Safety, Explosion Proofing, and Purging; 2.17 Reliability; 3 RESISTIVE SENSING; 3.1 Resistive Position Transducers; 3.2 Resistance; 3.3 History of Resistive Linear Position Transducers; 3.4 Linear Position Transducer Design; 3.5 Resistive Element; 3.6 Wiper; 3.7 Linear Mechanics; 3.8 Signal Conditioning; 3.9 Advantages and Disadvantages; 3.10 Performance Specifications; 3.11 Typical Performance Specifications and Applications; 4 CAPACITIVE SENSING

4.1 Capacitive Position Transducers 4.2 Capacitance; 4.3 Dielectric Constant; 4.4 History of Capacitive Sensors; 4.5 Capacitive Position Transducer Design; 4.6 Electronic Circuits for Capacitive Transducers; 4.7 Guard Electrodes; 4.8 EMI/RFI; 4.9 Typical Performance Specifications and Applications; 5 INDUCTIVE SENSING; 5.1 Inductive Position Transducers; 5.2 Inductance; 5.3 Permeability; 5.4 History of Inductive Sensors; 5.5 Inductive Position Transducer Design; 5.6 Coil; 5.7 Core; 5.8 Signal Conditioning; 5.9 Advantages; 5.10 Typical Performance Specifications and Applications; 6 THE LVDT

6.1 LVDT Position Transducers 6.2 History of the LVDT; 6.3 LVDT Position Transducer Design; 6.4 Coils; 6.5 Core; 6.6 Carrier Frequency; 6.7 Demodulation; 6.8 Signal Conditioning; 6.9 Advantages; 6.10 Typical Performance Specifications and Applications; 7 THE HALL EFFECT; 7.1 Hall Effect Transducers; 7.2 The Hall Effect; 7.3 History of the Hall Effect; 7.4 Hall Effect Position Transducer Design; 7.5 Hall Effect Element; 7.6 Electronics; 7.7 Linear Arrays; 7.8 Advantages; 7.9 Typical Performance Specifications and Applications; 8 MAGNETORESISTIVE SENSING; 8.1 Magnetoresistive Transducers

8.2 Magneto resistance 8.3 History of Magnetoresistive Sensors; 8.4 Magnetoresistive Position Transducer Design; 8.5 Magnetoresistive Element; 8.6 Linear Arrays; 8.7 Electronics; 8.8 Advantages; 8.9 Typical Performance Specifications and Applications; 9 MAGNETOSTRICTIVE SENSING; 9.1 Magnetostrictive Transducers; 9.2 Magnetostriction; 9.3 History of Magnetostrictive Sensors; 9.4 Magnetostrictive Position Transducer Design; 9.5 Waveguide; 9.6 Position Magnet; 9.7 Pickup Devices; 9.8 Damp; 9.9 Electronics; 9.10 Advantages; 9.11 Typical Performance Specifications; 9.12 Application; 10 ENCODERS

10.1 Linear Encoders

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-163) and index.

ISBN:

9786610344673

9781280344671

1280344679

9780470244203

0470244208

9780471474272

0471474274

9781601190802

1601190808

9780471474289

0471474282

OCLC:

54712498