Introduction to Detection Electronics

Introduction

An analytical signal usually comes from some type of light detector, ion detector, or sensor. To be useful this analytical signal must often be converted from a current to a voltage, averaged, or manipulated, and stored.

Detection Electronics

• Current-to-voltage conversion
• Gated integrator
• Lock-in amplifier
• Oscilloscope
  • introduction
  • digital oscilloscope
• Pulse counting (photon counting)
• Transient recorder

Related Topics

• Introduction to electronics
• Introduction to computer data acquisition