Sergey Y. Yurish

International Frequency Sensor Association (IFSA) · R&D

The inaugural International Conference on Drones and Unmanned Systems (DAUS' 2025) focuses on the design, development and applications of drones, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), Unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV), Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS). The event aims to serve as a forum for the disse...

Advances in AI and signal processing are driving market growth, enabling better technologies for drones, robotics, and autonomous cars. Sensor manufacturers increasingly use machine learning for data analysis, which has become easier as hardware shrinks and sensors become cheaper. This expands IoT applications but creates challenges in managing the...

The Industry 4.0 is an integrated system, which consists of an automation tool, robotic control, communications and big data analytics. Industry 4.0 Market was valued at US $ 114.3 billion in 2023 and is poised to witness more than 20.2 % CAGR from 2024 to 2032 to rich US $ 555.1 billion, driven by the increasing adoption of automated equipment and...

Conference proceedings of the 3rd Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Conference (B2C' 2024), Tenerife (Canary Islands), Spain, 16-18 October 2024

Microelectronic Devices and Technologies. Proceedings of MicDAT' 2024.

Sensors and Electronic Instrumentation Advances. Proceedings of SEIA' 2024

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Advances in Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence (ASPAI' 2024), 17-19 April 2024, Funchal (Madeira Island), Portugal Edited by Sergey Y. Yurish

Automation, Robotics and Communications for Industry 4.0/5.0: ARCI' 2024 Conference's Proceedings

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and signal processing are driving the growth of the artificial intelligence market as improved appropriate technologies is critical to offer enhanced drones, self-driving cars, robotics, etc. The two major factors enabling market growth are: emerging artificial intelligence technologies, and growth in intell...

Similar to the previous OPAL conferences, the 7th International Conference on Optics, Photonics and Lasers (OPAL' 2024) will incorporate three symposiums covering a broaden range in optics, photonics and lasers, and provide an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas and present latest advancements in these areas. The OPAL 2024 will be organized by...

Proceedings of the 1st Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Conference (B2C' 2022) 9-11 November 2022, Barcelona, Spain. Ed. by Sergey Y. Yurish

Proceedings of the 2nd Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Conference (B2C' 2023), 18-20 October 2023, Corfu, Greece. Ed. by Sergey Y. Yurish

Proceedings of the 2nd Winter IFSA Conference on Automation, Robotics & Communications for Industry 4.0 (ARCI' 2022), 2-3 February 2022, Andorra la Vella, Andorra, Edited by Sergey Y. Yurish

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Advances in Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence (ASPAI' 2023), 7-9 June 2023, Tenerife (Canary Islands), Spain

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Advances in Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence 19-21 October 2022 Corfu, Greece. Edited by Sergey Y. Yurish

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Optics, Photonics and Lasers (OPAL' 2023), 17-19 May 2023, Funchal (Madeira Island), Portugal. Edited by Sergey Y. Yurish

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Optics, Photonics and Lasers (OPAL' 2022), 18-20 May 2022, Tenerife (Canary Islands), Spain, Edited by Sergey Y. Yurish

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Sensors and Electronic Instrumentation Advances (SEIA' 2022), 21-23 September 2022, Corfu, Greece. Edited by Sergey Y. Yurish

Proceedings of the 4th IFSA Frequency & Time Conference (IFTC '2022), 21-23 September 2022, Corfu, Greece. Edited by Sergey Y. Yurish

4th IFSA Winter Conference on Automation, Robotics & Communications for Industry 4.0/5.0 (ARCI' 2024): Call for Papers: https://arci-conference.com/

Proceedings of the 9th International Conferenceon Sensors and Electronic Instrumentation Advances (SEIA' 2023), 20-22 September 2023 Funchal (Madeira Island), Portugal. Edited by Sergey Y. Yurish

Proceedings of the 5th International Conferenceon Microelectronic Devices and Technologies (MicDAT '2023), 20-22 September 2023, Funchal (Madeira Island), Portugal. Edited by Sergey Y. Yurish

Proceedings of the 5th IFSA Frequency & Time Conference (IFTC '2023), 20-22 September 2023, Funchal (Madeira Island), Portugal Edited by Sergey Y. Yurish

Proceedings of the 4rd International Conferenceon Microelectronic Devices and Technologies (MicDAT '2022), 21-23 September 2022 Corfu, Greece. Edited by Sergey Y. Yurish

Soft Measurements and Calculations, 5, 2021, pp. 5-11 https://s-lib.com/en/issues/smc_2021_05/ DOI: 10.36871 / 2618-9976.2021.05.001 The article provides information about the ARCI’ 2021 conference.

This article presents a low cost, 2-channel, accurate ultrasonic sensor system based on smart HRLV-MaxSonar-EZ Series MB1013 ultrasonic sensor, HR-MaxTemp temperature sensor and Universal Sensors and Transducers Interface (USTI) integrated circuit. The experimental investigations have confirmed high metrological performances of the designed sensor...

The 3rd volume of ‘Advances in Biosensors: Book Series contains 9 chapters written by 27 authors from 9 countries: France, India, Italy, Malaysia, Turkey and USA. But is is not the set of reviews. As usually, it is extended state-of-the arts followed by novel, unpublished before, results. Like the first two volumes of this Book Series, the 3rd vo...

The very rapid progress in sensor research, applications and technologies are continuing during the last decade. Sensors have become one of the most important and widely used components in various applications. According to Allied Market Research (AMR), the global market of sensors and main types of transducers is poised to grow with a compound ann...

The paper describes the coming challenges in high-end sensors and transducers design. These challenges are coming from the recent technological limitations in microelectronics. The proposed approach to overcome such limitations is based on programmable parameter-to-frequency converters as a digital sensor’s core and advanced method of measurement i...

'Advances in Measurements and Instrumentation: Reviews' Vol. 1 Book Series is covering some aspects related to metrology, sensors, measuring systems and sensor instrumentation as well as related modeling and mathematical tools for measurements in quality control and other applications. The book volume contains seven chapters written by nine contr...

The principles of signal processing are using widely in telecommunications, control systems, sensors, smartphones, tablets, TV, video- and photo-cameras, computers, audio systems, etc. Taking into account the growing tendency of analog and digital signal processing applications, it was decided by IFSA Publishing to start a new multivolume Open Acce...

The principles of signal processing are using widely in telecommunications, control systems, sensors, smartphones, tablets, TV, video- and photo-cameras, computers, audio systems, etc. Taking into account the growing tendency of analog and digital signal processing applications, it was decided by IFSA Publishing to start a new multivolume Open Acce...

According to Allied Market Research (AMR), the global market of sensors and transducers is poised to grow with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.3 % until 2022 when the market would reach US $241 billion. In the forecasted period, nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) are expected to be the fastest growers. It is expected also the main driv...

Today our ‘Advances in Sensors: Reviews’ Book Series, published by IFSA Publishing (Barcelona, Spain) has become very popular. The first volume of Book Series was published in 2012, and since 2016 the ‘Advances in Sesnors: Reviews’ (volume 4) is publishing as an open access book. The idea of publication of Book Series 'Advances in Sensors: Reviews...

By 2020 the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) estimates that more than 1.7 million new industrial robots will be installed in factories worldwide and robots for domestic could reach almost 32 million units in the period 2018-2020, with an estimated value of about €10 bn ($11.7 bn) Industrial robots offer many benefits, including cost redu...

The Vol.3 is devoted to various topics of applied optics and contains 17 chapters written by 49 experts in the field from 14 countries: Australia, China, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, The Netherlands, Poland, Taiwan, UK, USA and Vietnam. The third of three volumes of this Book Series has organized by topics of high interest. In or...

Call for papers

Call for papers for the 1st International Conference on Microelectronic Devices and Technologies (MicDAT '2018)

Networks are everywhere, from the Internet to sensor networks. They are used widely for various type of communications. Their safe existence and functioning need deep consideration of different security aspects. It was the reason to combine these three topics such as Networks, Communication and Security in one book volume. The 1st volume of new Bo...

Every research and development must be started from a state-of-the-art review, and microelectronics is not an exception. The review is one of the most labor- and time-consuming parts of research. It is strongly necessary to take into account and reflect in the review the current stage of development, including existing technologies, CAD tools and d...

Every research and development in biosensors (as well as in any other research fields) is started from a state-of-the-art review. Such review is one of the most labor- and time consuming parts of research. It is strongly necessary to take into account and reflect in the review the current stage of development, including existing sensing principles,...

The fourth volume titled ‘Sensors and Applications in Measuring and Automation Control Systems’ contains twenty four chapters with sensor related state-of-the-art reviews and descriptions of latest advances in sensor related area written by 81 authors from academia and industry from 5 continents and 20 countries: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Finland...

The fourth volume titled ‘Sensors and Applications in Measuring and Automation Control Systems’ contains twenty four chapters with sensor related state-of-the-art reviews and descriptions of latest advances in sensor related area written by 81 authors from academia and industry from 5 continents and 20 countries: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Finland...

Open access (OA) is entering steady into engineering sciences, and is now considered as an alternative to the traditional way of publishing monographs, proceedings, handbooks, textbooks, theses and articles. With the ever increasing number of open access publishers it is important to choose the right one. From one hand, a technical simplicity of cr...

В статті описані розширення і адаптація стандарту IEEE 1451 для сенсорів частотно-часової групи. Показано, що при використанні одного універсального компонента – УПЧК-1 – будь-який існуючий частотний сенсор може бути перетворений в інтелектуальний з можливістю самоідентифікації і самоадаптації. Такий підхід до проектування IEEE 1451-сумісних сенсор...

A low-cost, intelligent data acquisition system for quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) and other (superficial SAW and bulk acoustic wave) resonator-based chemical and biosensors described in this article. The system is based on the novel modified method of the dependent count and allows obtaining high metrological performances: programmable and cons...

Data acquisition systems for smartphones and tablets are described in the paper. Coming technological limitations and challenges are outlined, and advanced design for such systems are described in details. The design approach is based on a novel IC USTI-MOB developed by the authors and smart system integration. It allows to eliminate existing techn...

Cost reduction in wireless sensor networks becomes an important requirement to extend their application in fields where a great amount of sensors is needed. Traditional approach to use multichannel analog-to-digital converter and/or analog multiplexers for analog sensors will not give any reduction in price. Moreover, the analog multiplexer introdu...

Light-to-frequency converters are widely used in various optoelectronic sensor systems. However, a further frequency-to-digital conversion is a bottleneck in such systems due to a broad frequency range of light-to-frequency converters' outputs. This paper describes an effective OEM design approach, which can be used for smart and intelligent sensor...

Resistive-bridge sensors are widely used in various sensor systems. There are many sensor signal conditioners from different manufacturers for such sensing elements. However, no one existing on the modern market integrated converter for resistive bridge sensors can work with both: resistivebridge sensing elements and resistive-to-frequency and -dut...

A universal interfacing circuit for resistive-bridge sensing elements and bridge-output-to-frequency and/or duty cycle converters is described in this paper. It is based on a simple, cost effective three-point measuring technique and does not require any additional active components. The designed IC has been realized in a standard CMOS technology a...

This paper describes the successful integration of the Marie Curie Chairs (EXC) project-based course on ‘Smart Sensors Systems Design’ into the current ‘Sensors and Signal Conditioning’ curricula for graduate and postgraduate students taught in the Department of Electronic Engineering (DEE) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). The cou...

An intelligent multichannel data acquisition (DAQ) system based on the novel integrated circuit of universal sensors and transducers interface (USTI) or USTI-1M-20 with high metrological performances is described in the paper. It can be used with any existing quasi-digital as well as analog sensors and transducers. A parallelism in such systems was...

A universal resistance-to-digital converter based on the Universal Sensors and Transducers Interfacing integrated circuit (USTI) investigated and described at the first time. A three-point calibration technique for accurate resistance measurements in a wide resistive range has been implemented in a single integrated circuit that allows a direct res...

A low cost, automatic, transmissive paper thickness sensor system with increased reliability and a short detection time (∼ 15 ms) is described in the paper. The sensor system is based on a cheap light-to-frequency converter and universal sensors and transducers interfacing IC. The designed automotive paper thickness sensor system has a wide dynamic...

The universal interfacing integrated circuit for direct capacitance-to-digital and capacitance-to-frequency (period, time interval)-to-digital conversion suitable for various capacitive sensing elements is newly presented in the paper. Measurement results havesuccessfully verified the functions and performance of the proposed circuit. The capacitan...

The creation of new education technique for distance learning in smart sensor systems, which for the first time will be based on an organic joining of both advanced teaching approaches: e-learning and project-based learning is described in the paper. The project-based e-learning is based on novel, innovation research results obtained in the frame o...

An advanced automated calibration technique for a trimming inaccuracy (calibration tolerance) of low-cost quartz resonators that are using in the Universal Sensors and Transducers Interface (USTI) integrated circuits for precision frequency (period)-to-digital conversion is described in the paper. It was shown that such technique can be used also f...

Application of Universal Frequency-to-Digital Converter (UFDC-1) for design of low-cost, smart temperature sensors systems based on quasi-digital sensors is described in the paper. Designed sensors systems have self-adaptation and self-identification abilities. Experimental results have confirmed high metrological performances of designed sensors s...

A low-cost, accurate, non-contact, short distance measuring system is described in the paper. It includes a standard infrared light source, infrared light-to-frequency converter and specially designed for such applications the Universal Sensors and Transducers Interface (USTI) integrated circuit. In comparison with existing solutions, the designed...

IntroductionDAQ Boards: State of the ArtDAQ Board Design for Quasi-digital SensorsUniversal Frequency-to-digital Converters (UFDC)Applications and ExamplesSummary and Future TrendsProblemsReferences

New-style, dual-axis, full range (0-360deg) smart inclinometer, which is based on a low-cost accelerometer with duty-cycle output and universal sensors and transducers interface (USTI) integrated circuit is described in the paper. At the fist time, the developed inclinometer uses the USTI especially designed for precision (up to 0.005 %) duty-cycle...

Intelligent sensors and sensor systems are of great interest in many fields of industry, control systems, robotics, biomedical applications, etc. According to new sensors market studies (Freedonia Group), the US sensor demand will grow 4.3 percent annually through 2012 and will reach $12.1 billion in 2010. It was marked also in a review (Frost & Su...

The Universal Frequency-to-Digital Converter (UFDC) and Universal Sensors and Transducers Interface (USTI) integrated circuits (ICs) for different frequency output sensors and transducers were described in the article. All chips are based on four novel patented methods for frequency (period), duty-cycle (duty-off factor), frequencies (periods) rati...

Novel patented modified method of the dependent count for precision and fast frequency-time measurements are described in the paper. The method can be used for measurement in wide ranges of frequency and periods of input signal with constant quantization error in all frequency range, non-redundant time of measurement scalable resolution and a possi...

This paper presents an advanced analog-to-digital conversion technique based on a voltage-to-frequency-to-digital conversion that is suitable for remote sensors, telemetry applications and multichannel data acquisition systems. A voltage-to-frequency conversion part can be based, for example, on high performance, charge-balance voltage-to-frequency...

This paper describes a successful approach of integration of Marie Curie Chairs (EXC) project based course on 'Smart Sensors Systems Design' into the current curricula in 'Sensors and Signal Conditioning' at Technical University of Catalonia (UPC-Barcelona, Electronic Engineering Department) for graduate and postgraduate students. It is strongly co...

The chapter discusses classical (standard counting technique, indirect, interpolation and combined counting methods) and advanced (suitable for self-adaptive smart sensors) methods for frequency (period)-to-code conversion: reciprocal, ratiometric, constant elapsed time (CET), M/T, single (SB) and double buffered (DB), direct memory access (DMA), s...

A novel universal smart sensors interface and signal conditioner was proposed and described in this paper. The innovation integrated circuit UFDC-2 is based on four new patented measuring methods for frequency-time domain parameters of signals and solves problem for interfacing of any frequency-time domain sensors and transducers to PC or microcont...

The chapter gives an overview of industrial types of smart sensors (temperature, pressure, rotation speed, optical, humidity, gas, chemical, acceleration, biosensors etc.) and contains quasi-digital, smart sensors and MEMS definitions. Digital and quasi-digital (frequency and dutycycle output) sensors and transducers are considered. The obvious ten...

A high performance intelligent data acquisition system for QCM and other (superficial SAW and bulk acoustic wave) resonator-based chemical and biosensors described in this article. The system is based on the advanced frequency measurement technique using the modified method of the dependent count and allows obtaining high metrological performances:...

The objective of this paper is to examine the IEEE 1451 standard family in order to add smart, plug-and-play and self-adaptation capabilities to systems based on different quasi-digital sensors. It was shown that due to the use of one universal component - the universal frequency-to-digital converter UFDC-1, UFDC-2 or Universal Sensors and Transduc...

The paper describes novel innovation idea and research results of digital, self-adapting smart sensors and systems-on-chip (SoC) designs based on universal frequency sensor interfacing integrated circuit. The developed integrated interfacing circuit based on four novel patentable conversion methods and designed to interface directly with any freque...

The focus of this paper is to describe emerging techniques and methods for interface circuit design for frequency, period, duty-cycle or PWM output MEMS sensors. The designed module is intended for frequency-time parameters - to - digital conversion and communication functions and can be embedded into a SoC. The developed interface circuit provides...

The automated calibration technique for a trimming inaccuracy (calibrationtolerance) of quartz resonator using in the universal precision frequency-to-digital converter is described in the paper. It was shown that such technique can be used also for reducing an error due to a quartz crystal aging and a temperature drift. The experimental technique...

The resolution analysis of modern methods for frequency (period) measurements such as the ratiometric counting method and the method of the dependent count (MDC) is described in the paper. Comparative metrological performances for the methods and modeling results of resolution for the MDC with the help of Maple 6 software are given.

The application specific paper describes a design approach for digital pressure sensors and transducers. Practical realizations are based on the Universal Frequency-to-Digital Converter (UFDC-1). By eliminating the need for ADC, the frequency (duty-cycle or PWM)-to-digital conversion schemes reduce the systems complexity. The results of such design...

An effort to simplify the IEEE 1451 standards family extension for adding smart, plug-and-play and self-adaptation capabilities to frequency output sensors is describe in the paper. It was shown that due to the use of one universal component – the universal frequency-to-digital converter (UFDC-1), any frequency output sensor can be transformed into...

The paper describes novel innovation idea and research results of self-adapting smart sensors and systems-on-chip (SoC) design based on universal frequency sensor interfacing integrated circuit. The developed integrated interfacing circuit based on four novel patentable conversion methods. The proposed design approach lets move from a traditional a...

The application specific paper describes a design approach for data acquisition systems for quasi-digital temperature sensors. It is based on the Universal Frequency-to-Digital Converter (UFDC-1) working well with any frequency output sensors. Such design approach lets significantly simplify the design process, reduce time-to-market and production...

This paper analyses individual error components contributing to the total error for period (or time-interval)-to-digital converters based on common microcontrollers. Two new error components are considered for measurements based on starting/stopping the timer by software: (1) the error because of the latency time between the occurrence of the inter...

The application specific paper describes a design approach for digital opto sensors and data acquisition systems. It is based on the Universal Frequency-to-Digital Converter (UFDC-1) working well with any frequency output sensors, for example, light-and color-to-frequency converter from TAOS. Such design approach lets significantly simplify the des...