Analog-digital wide-range measurement systems with adaptively adjusted quartz glass sensors

• Published in: 1996 IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings Vol. 2; pp. 1154 - 1159 vol.2
• Main Authors: Szabatin, J., Melnikov, V.E., Platonov, A.A.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 1996
• Subjects: Acceleration; Accelerometers; Analog-digital conversion; Displacement measurement; Electromechanical sensors; Intelligent sensors; Pressure measurement; Production systems; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Size measurement
• ISBN: 0780333128; 9780780333123
• DOI: 10.1109/IMTC.1996.507553

In this paper, a new class of smart analog-digital systems for measurement of acceleration, displacement, size, weight, pressure, and other quantities, is considered. Theoretical basics and practical ways of realizing such systems are presented. Techno-economic and technological characteristics as well as possibilities of production of these systems are also discussed. Their principal feature is that they employ sensors whose parameters can be adjusted adaptively to the statistics of a measured process. Introducing appropriate modifications into conventional sensors, this enables us at no great expense to considerably extend the dynamic range of measurements as well as to increase their accuracy. With a view to superior quality characteristics and low cost, as a reference point for designing this class of measurement systems, electromechanical sensors based on quartz glass technology are chosen.