Auto-compensation of nonlinear influence of environmental parameters on the sensor characteristics using neural networks

ISA Trans. 2005 Apr;44(2):165-76. doi: 10.1016/s0019-0578(07)60175-x.

Abstract

Usually the environmental parameters influence the sensor characteristics in a nonlinear manner. Therefore obtaining correct readout from a sensor under varying environmental conditions is a complex problem. In this paper we propose a neural network (NN)-based interface framework to automatically compensate for the nonlinear influence of the environmental temperature and the nonlinear-response characteristics of a capacitive pressure sensor (CPS) to provide correct readout. With extensive simulation studies we have shown that the NN-based inverse model of the CPS can estimate the applied pressure with a maximum error of +/- 1.0% for a wide temperature variation from 0 to 250 degrees C. A microcontroller unit-based implementation scheme is also proposed.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Evaluation Study
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Calibration
  • Computer Simulation
  • Electronics, Medical*
  • Environment
  • Environmental Monitoring / instrumentation*
  • Environmental Monitoring / methods
  • Equipment Design / methods*
  • Equipment Failure Analysis / methods*
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Transducers*