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Physics of Sensors

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Sensors and preliminary sensor physics are discussed in this chapter. The most common sensors such as thermocouple, photo-diode and photo-detector, Hall-effect device and piezoelectric sensors are examined with examples.

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  1. Computer Engineering Department, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA

    Ahmet Bindal

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Bindal, A. (2017). Physics of Sensors. In: Electronics for Embedded Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39439-8_5

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