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Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by John G. Webster, Halit Eren
February 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1921 pages
82h 13m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
84-1
84.1 Introduction
It is oen the case in instrumentation and communication systems that an information-bearing signal
may not be in an optimal form for direct use. In such cases, the information-bearing signal may be used
to al
ter
so
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