Lehrinhalte
Methodical and application oriented knowledge to determine the most important physical parameters (temperature, light/color, motion) will be advanced and linked to the field of CMOS-integration. Equipped with this knowledge, students are able to solve state of the art problems from industry and science based on typical parameters and calculations.
In the module (IV) "Smart Sensors and Actuators" silicon- and CMOS-based sensors and actuators are considered. This includes basics of solid state physics, operating principles, embodiment and characteristics, as well as suitable design approaches for integrated circuits for readout and operation of such sensors and actuators. Covered topics are: integrated temperature sensors, PTAT- (proportional to absolute temperature-) circuits, accurency-limiting artifacts and their compensation, electrothermal filters, photodiodes and photodiode arrays for CMOS cameras, CCDs, active pixels and their operating principles, CMOS imaging, accelerometers and gyroscopes, MEMS technology, digital mirror arrays, and DLP technology for projectors. Lecture language is English.
