UWA 2nd YEAR BIOPHYSICS COURSES
MODULE C: BIODATA
Topic C1: TRANSDUCERS
Introduction
black box characterisation,
principles of measurement & back action,
response time: steady state & transients
Electrodes
electrode/ electrolyte interface,
impedance vs frequency,
amplifiers & matching,
patch-clamping,
enzyme immobilisation techniques,
EEG, ECG, EMG
Magnetometers
principles,
Hall probe,
flux-gate,
electrolytic flow measurement,
SQUIDs,
biomagnetism & detection
Transducers
capacitive,
inductive,
accelerometers,
piezoelectric,
ISFET, PdMOS & TMOS devices
Signal Processing
IMPEDANCE CONSIDERATIONS
Buffer Amplifiers
Capacitance Effects
Inductive Effects
Example - Microelectrode for Nerve Impulses
TIME and FREQUENCY DOMAINS
Action Potentials
Sound
SIGNAL CONDITIONING
Operational Amplifier Circuits
Active Filters
Transfer Function
FEEDBACK and CONTROL SYSTEMS
Feedback
Control Systems
Principles of Sampling
statistics,
distributions - gaussian, log-normal, binomial, poisson;
confidence limits
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