Afshar Pedram - Smart sensor systems: emerging technologies and applications

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Smart sensor systems : emerging technologies and applications / edited by Gerard C.M. Meijer, Michiel Pertijs,

Kofi Makinwa.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-470-68600-3 (cloth)

1. Detectors Design and construction. 2. Detectors Industrial applications. 3. Microcontrollers. I. Meijer,

G. C. M. (Gerard C. M.)

TA165.S55 2008

681.25 dc22

2008017675

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN: 9780470686003

Cover picture: Martil Instruments

Gerard Meijer received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, in 1972 and 1982, respectively. Since 1972, he has been a member of the research and teaching staff of Delft University of Technology, and since 2001, an Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Professor. His major interests are in the field of Analog Electronics and Electronic Instrumentation. In 1984, and on a part-time basis from 19851987, he was seconded to Delft Instruments Company, Delft, The Netherlands, where he was involved in the development of industrial level gauges and temperature transducers. In 1996 he co-founded the company SENSART, where he is a consultant for the design and development of sensor systems. In 1999 the Dutch Foundation of Technical Sciences STW awarded Meijer with the honorary title of Simon Stevin Meester. Meijer is chairman of the National STW Platform on Sensor Technology.

Michiel Pertijs received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering (both cum laude) from Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, in 2000 and 2005, respectively. From 2005 to 2008, he was with National Semiconductor, Delft, where he designed precision operational amplifiers and instrumentation amplifiers. From 2008 to 2009, he was a Senior Researcher with imec / Holst Centre, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. In 2009, he joined the Electronic Instrumentation Laboratory of Delft University of Technology, where he is now an Associate Professor. He heads a research group working on integrated circuits for medical ultrasound and energy-efficient smart sensors. Dr. Pertijs is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC) and a member of the technical program committees of the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), the European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC), and the IEEE Sensors Conference. He received the ISSCC 2005 Jack Kilby Award for Outstanding Student Paper, the JSSC 2005 Best Paper Award, and the 2006 Simon Stevin Gezel Award from the Dutch Technology Foundation STW.

Kofi Makinwa received the B.Sc. (First class honors) and M.Sc. degrees from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria in 1985 and 1988 respectively. In 1989, he received the M.E.E. degree (cum laude) from the Philips International Institute, Eindhoven, The Netherlands and in 2004, the Ph.D. degree from Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands. From 1989 to 1999, he was a Research Scientist with Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, where he worked on interactive displays and on optical and magnetic recording systems. In 1989 he joined the Electronic Instrumentation Laboratory of Delft University of Technology, where he is currently an Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Professor and head of the laboratory. His main interests are in the design of precision analog circuitry, smart sensors and sensor interfaces.

Dr. Makinwa is on the technical program committees of the European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC) and the Advances in Analog Circuit Design (AACD) workshop. He was on the Program Committee of the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) from 2006 to 2012. He has also been a three-time guest editor of the Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC) and a two-term distinguished lecturer of the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society. He is a co-recipient of the 2005 Simon Stevin Gezel Award from the Dutch Technology Foundation, as well as of several best paper awards: from the JSSC (2005, 2011), the ISSCC (2005, 2008, 2011) and the ESSCIRC (2006, 2009), among others. In 2013, at the 60th anniversary of ISSCC, he was recognized as one of its top ten contributors. He is an IEEE fellow, an alumnus of the Young Academy of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and an elected member of the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society AdCom, the society's governing board.

1. Pedram Afshar, Medtronic Neuromodulation, Minneapolis, USA
2. Bernhard Boser, Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center, University of California, Berkeley, USA
3. Zu-Yao Chang, Electronic Instrumentation Laboratory, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
4. Peng Cong, Medtronic Neuromodulation, Minneapolis, USA
5. Tim Denison, Medtronic Neuromodulation, Minneapolis, USA
6. Chinwuba Ezekwe, Robert Bosch, Palo Alto, California, USA
7. Heidari Ali, Guilan University, Rasht, Iran
8. Johan Huijsing, Electronic Instrumentation Laboratory, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
9. Blagoy Iliev, Martil Instruments, Heiloo,The Netherlands
10. Xiujun Li, Exalon, Delft, The Netherlands and Sensytech, Delft, The Netherlands
11. Kofi Makinwa, Electronic Instrumentation Laboratory, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands