
6 Fundamentals of Sensors for Engineering and Science
1.4 Characteristics
The characteristics of a sensor can include those related to the sensor’s input
and output, which are the sensor’s
• operational bandwidth,
• magnitude and frequency response over that bandwidth,
• sensitivity,
• accuracy,
• resolution,
• response time,
• recovery time, and
• output type.
All of these, except for the last, relate to how well the sensor responds to
a stimulus. These response characteristics are described in further detail in
Chapter 4 of [3].
Further, there are characteristics that describe the sensor as a component
of a measurement system. These are sensor
• selectivity; ...