Mr.P.

Krishna, EEE Department, IIITN 04-Mar-20

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 Mr.P.Krishna, EEE Department, IIITN 04-Mar-20

TRANSDUCER CONFIGURATION:

 To use two identical transducers

 To reduce or even totally eliminate certain
restrictions associated with individual
transducers

1) Balanced transducer configuration

2) Negative feedback configuration

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BALANCED TRANSDUCER CONFIGURATION:

 A widespread method

 The output y is

 f(x) can be expressed with Taylor expansion

 Then
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NEGATIVE FEEDBACK CONFIGURATION:

 To convert an input signal x into an electrical
output signal y

 T1 performs the desired conversion of x into y

and T2 performs the reverse conversion.
 Amplifier to increase loop gain

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MECHANOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS:
1) Displacement transducers
a) Resistive displacement transducers
b) Capacitive displacement transducers
c) Inductive displacement transducers
d) Optical displacement sensors
2) Velocity transducers
a. Measurement of velocity by differentiation or
integration
b. Inductive velocity transducers
3) Acceleration transducers

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RESISTIVE DISPLACEMENT TRANSDUCERS:

STRAIN GAUGES
 Potentiometric transducer
 Usually potentiometers are wire-wound to achieve
a better accuracy, temperature coefficient etc…
 They have the limitation of finite resolution
 Above limitation is overcome by using metal film
potentiometers.
 Potentiometric transducers have the disadvantage
of mechanical wear and chemical corrosion, which
changes the transfer characteristic over the life
time of transducer.

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 Mr.P.Krishna, EEE Department, IIITN 04-Mar-20

RESISTIVE DISPLACEMENT TRANSDUCERS:

STRAIN GAUGES
 The electrical resistance of a conductor depends
on the dimensions of the conductor.
 If the conductor is mechanically strained or
compressed, the resistance changes.
R=R(A, l, ρ)
 R=resistance
 A=cross sectional area of the conductor
 l=length of the conductor
 ρ=resistivity

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RESISTIVE DISPLACEMENT TRANSDUCERS:

STRAIN GAUGES

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CAPACITIVE DISPLACEMENT TRANSDUCERS:

C=C(d, A, ε)

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INDUCTIVE DISPLACEMENT TRANSDUCER:

 Vary the self inductance of a coil as a function
of displacement and also the mutual
inductance between two coils as a function of
the displacement.
 The inductance of a coil is varied by the
effective number of turns.
 Can also be varied by magnetic resistance
(reluctance) of the yoke by means of an air gap
of variable width.

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INDUCTIVE DISPLACEMENT TRANSDUCER:

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