Educational project on the design of interface circuit for a Pirani pressure sensor
Résumé
This paper gives a presentation of a teaching project on microelectronics for first year graduate students. Based on a previous research project, we have proposed this project dealing with the design of an interface circuit for a Pirani pressure sensor in an affordable way to suit the students' level. The students can experiment the whole design flow for an Integrated Circuits (IC) design, the link between the current learning and the future research and also the relation between the research and the applications. Being conscious of the learning purpose, students are very motivated and much appreciate the proposed work. Meanwhile throughout the project, simulation skills and layout knowledge are taugtht along with using IC design tool Cadence.