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The main microsensors described here are made using conventional thick and thin film technologies as well as more recent methods such as silicon micromachining. Following a chapter on basic signal processing, the book concentrates on microsensors-the processing of materials for their fabrication; the wide range of physical, chemical and mechanical principles employed and the benefits incurred from the application of smart sensors and microsensor array devices. Features numerous examples.

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Gardner offers a well-balanced approach to microsensors--primarily silicon-based. Similarities and contrasts between silicon-based and other sensor types are discussed for a wide variety of sensors (thermal, radiation, mechanical, magnetic, biochemical, and smart). The interrelationships and importance of electrical engineering, control approaches, physics, and materials to the sensor field are well represented. References are extensive and very current. Problems, listed by chapter, are thought provoking but not easily adapted to written testing. The broad range of tables, schematics, and figures provides a wealth of important information, although the frequent absence of dimensions detracts from their impact. Overall, this is a good introductory overview of the microsensor field. Gardner's book thus serves as a useful introduction and supplementary guide to Sensors: A Comprehensive Survey, ed. by W. G"opel, J. Hesse, and J.N. Zemel (1989). Gardner's is a good, cross-disciplinary, summary text in microsensors (and sensors) for seniors or beginning graduates for a wide variety of engineering fields, and also provides valuable guidance to beginning users of sensors. Upper-division undergraduate through professional. S. M. Pilgrim; Alfred University