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title = "Signal Conditioner"
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author = ["Thomas Dehaeze"]
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category = "equipment"
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: [Sensors]({{<relref "sensors.md#" >}}), [Electronics]({{<relref "electronics.md#" >}})
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Most sensors needs some signal conditioner electronics before digitize the signal.
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Few examples are:
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- Piezoelectric force sensors
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- Geophone
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- Photodiode
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- Thermocouple
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The signal conditioning electronics can have different functions:
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- Amplification
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- Isolation
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- Filtering
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- Excitation
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- Linearization
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Depending on the electrical quantity that is meaningful for the measurement, different types of amplifiers are used:
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- Current to Voltage ([Transimpedance Amplifiers]({{<relref "transimpedance_amplifiers.md#" >}}))
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- Charge to Voltage ([Charge Amplifiers]({{<relref "charge_amplifiers.md#" >}}))
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- Voltage to Voltage ([Voltage Amplifier]({{<relref "voltage_amplifier.md#" >}}))
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