• envelope detector, the product detector takes the product of the modulated signal and a local oscillator, hence the name. A product detector is a frequency...
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    called a detector. A variety of different detector devices, such as the coherer, electrolytic detector, magnetic detector and the crystal detector, were...
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    An envelope detector (sometimes called a peak detector) is an electronic circuit that takes a (relatively) high-frequency signal as input and outputs the...
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    A phase detector or phase comparator is a frequency mixer, analog multiplier or logic circuit that generates a signal which represents the difference in...
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  • the limited frequency response of the headphones as the filter. The product detector multiplies the incoming signal by the signal of a local oscillator...
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    A metal detector is an instrument that detects the nearby presence of metal. Metal detectors are useful for finding metal objects on the surface, underground...
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    frequency of an input signal as in a receiver, but also as a product detector, modulator, phase detector or frequency multiplier. For example, a communications...
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  • directly. Electronics portal Variable-gain amplifier Ring modulator Product detector Frequency mixer Companding Squelch Analog computer Analog signal processing...
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    A carbon monoxide detector or CO detector is a device that detects the presence of the carbon monoxide (CO) gas to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning....
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    diode which is configured to act as envelope detector. Another type of demodulator, the product detector, can provide better-quality demodulation with...
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    A smoke detector is a device that senses smoke, typically as an indicator of fire. Smoke detectors/Alarms are usually housed in plastic enclosures, typically...
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    A crystal detector is an obsolete electronic component used in some early 20th century radio receivers that consists of a piece of crystalline mineral...
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  • lipids, natural products, biofuels, sugars and surfactants. The CAD, like other aerosol detectors (e.g., evaporative light scattering detectors (ELSD) and...
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    objects in its field of view. They are most often used in PIR-based motion detectors. PIR sensors are commonly used in security alarms and automatic lighting...
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    frequency-shifted down to its original range of baseband frequencies, by using a product detector which mixes it with the output of a beat frequency oscillator (BFO)...
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    segmented detectors with add-back (see: clover (detector)). The voltage pulses produced for every gamma ray that interacts within the detector volume are...
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    assessed. Other detectors include the Hall electrolytic conductivity detector (ElCD), helium ionization detector (HID), infrared detector (IRD), photo-ionization...
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    A radar detector is an electronic device used by motorists to detect if their speed is being monitored by police or law enforcement using a radar gun....
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    (uses a BFO and a product detector. The BFO might be tunable) Morse code continuous wave (CW) - (uses a BFO and a product detector. The BFO might be tunable)...
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    detector. There are two key aspects to effective neutron detection: hardware and software. Detection hardware refers to the kind of neutron detector used...
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  • obtained from a superheterodyne receiver using synchronous detection (a product detector) following an intermediate frequency (IF) stage. To match the performance...
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    shock detector is triggered but there is no damage to a product or no injury to a person. Likewise false negatives are also possible. Shock detectors are...
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  • A gas detector is a device that detects the presence of gases in an area, often as part of a safety system. A gas detector can sound an alarm to operators...
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    a discriminator, ratio detector, or phase-locked loop. Continuous wave and single sideband signals require a product detector using a so-called beat frequency...
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    from 6 to 6.5 MHz. Introduced in 1962 at a price of $379.95, it had a product detector for SSB, a notch filter, and selectable bandwidth of 0.5, 2.5, and...
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  • is audible in the headphones. The valve acts as a self-oscillating product detector. Another, very similar application of the bi-grid valve was as a self...
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    and hence the wavelength of the emitted optical photon. A scintillation detector or scintillation counter is obtained when a scintillator is coupled to...
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    An aspirating smoke detector (ASD) is a system used in active fire protection, consisting of a central detection unit which draws air through a network...
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  • Reference Design" (PDF). Texas Instruments. Retrieved 26 August 2017. Elliott Sound Products Application Notes : Zero Crossing Detectors and Comparators...
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    A grid leak detector is an electronic circuit that demodulates an amplitude modulated alternating current and amplifies the recovered modulating voltage...
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