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According
to ARTICLE II, Section 1 of the Constitution, “the fields of interest of
the Council and its activities shall be the theory, design, fabrication,
manufacturing and application of devices for sensing and transducing
physical, chemical, and biological phenomena, with emphasis on the
electronics, physics and reliability aspects of sensors and integrated
sensor-actuators. Changes to
the field of interest may be made with the approval of the IEEE Technical
Activities Board.”
The
specifics of the field of interest statement shall be as follows.
The
fields of interest of the Council and its activities shall be the theory,
design, fabrication, manufacturing, reliability and applications of
devices for sensing and transducing physical, chemical, and biological
phenomena. Included shall be
the following:
- Sensor
phenomena & characterization (sensitivity, selectivity, noise,
aging, hysteresis, dynamic range, interfering effects, etc.),
- Mechanical
sensors such as: metallic, thin-film, thick film and bulk strain gauges,
pressure sensors, accelerometers, angular rate sensors, displacement
transducers, force sensors, bulk and surface acoustic wave sensors,
ultrasonic sensors, flow meters and flow controllers,
-Electromechanical
sensors of all ranges from macro to micro, on any substrates, such as
metal, plastic, or silicon
- Thermal
sensors such as: platinum resistors, thermistors, diode and transistor
temperature sensors, thermocouples, thermopiles, pyroelectric and
piezoelectric thermometers, calorimeters, bolometers,
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Optoelectronic/photonic sensors such as: photovoltaic diodes,
photoconductors, photodiodes, phototransistors, position-sensitive
photodetectors, photodiode arrays, charge-coupled devices, light-emitting
diodes, diode lasers, other quantum devices, liquid-crystal displays,
- Ionizing
radiation sensors such as gamma ray, charged particle and neutron
detectors
- Integrated
optics/fiber optical devices such as those based on photometry,
fluorimetry, surface plasmon resonance, interferometry, ellipsometry,
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Microwave/millimeter wave sensors
- Magnetic
sensors such as: magnetoresistors, Hall-effect devices, magnetometers,
magnetic-field sensors, solid-state read and write heads,
- Chemical and
biological sensors, with emphasis on the electronics and physics
aspects of transducing chemical and biological signals into information
about chemical and biological agents,
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Mass-sensitive devices such as quartz crystal microbalances and
surface acoustic wave devices.
- Sensor
arrays: large and high density sensor arrays, distributed sensor
networks, sensitive skin systems, intelligent sensor arrays.
- Sensor-Actuators,
including integrated sensor-actuators, smart
sensor-actuators and networkable sensors-actuators,
- Sensor
systems and applications such as: multiple-sensor systems, sensor
arrays and "electronic nose" technology, sensor buses, sensor
networks, voting systems, telemetering; combined sensors (e.g., electrical
& mechanical); automotive, medical, environmental monitoring and
control, consumer, alarm and security, military, nautical, aeronautical
and space sensor systems, and robotics and automation applications.
- Other topics
such as: sensor packaging and interconnections; sensor materials;
intelligent sensors for applications such as on-line monitoring, process
control, and test kits; sensor signal processing and fusion; thin-film and
thick-film gas sensors, humidity sensors, specific ion sensors (such as pH
sensors), radon sensors, carbon monoxide sensors, viscosity sensors,
density sensors, acoustic velocity sensors, proximity sensors, altimeters,
and barometers; CAD, modeling and testing of sensors; Internet based and
other remote data acquisition and control of sensors.
This Detailed Field Of Interest Statement adopted January 8, 2000.
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