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SIGNAL CONDITIONING [15 records]

Record 1 2012-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vulcanology and Seismology
  • Seismic Prospecting
DEF

An instrument for recording automatically the phenomena of earthquakes.

CONT

Typically consisting of a sensor(seismometer), a signal conditioning element or elements... and a recording system... seismographs find a wide range of application, from industrial vibration measurement through petroleum exploration and earthquake studies to investigations of the Earth's gravity field. The seismograph records a measure of ground motion as a function of time.

OBS

The record made by a seismograph is a seismogram.

Key term(s)
  • sismograph

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volcanologie et sismologie
  • Prospection sismique
DEF

Instrument très sensible destiné à enregistrer l'heure, la durée et l'amplitude des tremblements de terre.

CONT

[Un] sismographe comprend une boîte de tir pour l'activation de la source énergétique, des géophones, des câbles sismiques, des amplificateurs, des sources d'alimentation, un enregistreur et une unité très précise de mesure des temps [...] Le tout peut être réuni dans une seule unité assez compacte.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vulcanología y sismología
  • Prospección sísmica
DEF

instrumento destinado a registrar los movimientos sísmicos y su propagación por el interior de la Tierra.

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Record 2 2010-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Modern Construction Methods
DEF

An arrangement of the building elements to form a connected whole. Box frame construction is one building system, loadbearing walls with timber floors and roofs another.

CONT

A building is usually thought of as an assembly of systems, such as structural; exterior skin; heating, ventilating, and air conditioning; plumbing; power, signal, and lighting; walls; and ceilings.... many building systems can be obtained as a package...

OBS

Building systems. ... A system may be either open or closed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés de construction modernes
DEF

Emploi d'éléments déterminés pour réaliser une construction, notamment de façon industrielle.

DEF

Combinaisons d'éléments composés qui se coordonnent de manière à former des sous-ensembles ou des ensembles.

OBS

«sous-système de construction» : employé par l'Ordre des architectes du Québec.

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Spacecraft
  • Remote Sensing
CONT

The payload consists of the Synthetic Aperture Radar(SAR) instrument and specific support equipment or devices required to perform such functions as timing and control of the payload, instrument data formatting, storage and downlink, thermal control, power conditioning and distribution, signal distribution, and SAR antenna deployment.

OBS

signal distribution: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Télédétection
CONT

La charge utile se compose du radar à antenne synthétique [SAR] ainsi que d'instruments et de dispositifs d'appoint nécessaires à l'exécution de fonctions comme la programmation et la commande de la charge utile, le formatage des données des instruments, le stockage et la transmission en bloc de ces données, la régulation thermique, le conditionnement et la distribution de l'alimentation, la distribution des signaux et le déploiement de l'antenne du [SAR].

OBS

distribution des signaux : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie spatiale (CUTS) et par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
  • Naves espaciales
  • Teledetección
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Record 4 2003-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Satellite Telecommunications
  • Spacecraft
CONT

The main units of the AIC are : the focal plane assembly(FPA), equipped with a back-thinned illuminated CCD matrix and a front-end amplifier, provides the optical signal detection. A thermoelectric peltier cooler under the detector sets the operating point at-25°C ± 100 mK, the detection box(BD) which supplies the FPA with the necessary electrical signals to operate the CCD. It generates the clock waveforms from the VEU signals and filters the supplied voltage from the DSU, the video electronics unit(VEU) which processes the analog signal coming from the FPA, digitizes it on 12 bits before passing it on in serial processing to the science data processing subsystem(SDPSS). It also provides the DBs with the primary clock signal. The power conditioning of the VEU is located in the same unit, the detection supply unit(DSU) delivers relevant stabilized voltages to the 5 DUs and power to thermo-coolers from the main supply feeder of the instrument.

OBS

Converter sub-assembly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications par satellite
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
  • Spacecraft
CONT

The payload consists of the Synthetic Aperture Radar(SAR) instrument and specific support equipment or devices required to perform such functions as timing and control of the payload, instrument data formatting, storage and downlink, thermal control, power conditioning and distribution, signal distribution, and SAR antenna deployment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

La charge utile se compose du radar à antenne synthétique (SAR) ainsi que d'instruments et dispositifs d'appoint nécessaires à l'exécution de fonctions comme la programmation et la commande de la charge utile, le formatage des données des instruments, le stockage et la transmission en bloc de ces données, la régulation thermique, le conditionnement et la distribution de l'alimentation, la distribution des signaux et le déploiement de l'antenne du [SAR].

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

The payload consists of the Synthetic Aperture Radar(SAR) instrument and specific support equipment or devices required to perform such functions as timing and control of the payload, instrument data formatting, storage and downlink, thermal control, power conditioning and distribution, signal distribution, and SAR antenna deployment.

Key term(s)
  • synthetic aperture radar antenna deployment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
OBS

RSO : radar à synthèse d'ouverture.

Key term(s)
  • déploiement de l'antenne du radar à antenne synthétique
  • déploiement de l'antenne du radar à synthèse d'ouverture

Spanish

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Record 7 2003-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

The payload consists of the Synthetic Aperture Radar(SAR) instrument and specific support equipment or devices required to perform such functions as timing and control of the payload, instrument data formatting, storage and downlink, thermal control, power conditioning and distribution, signal distribution, and SAR antenna deployment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

La charge utile se compose du [radar à synthèse d'ouverture (SAR)] ainsi que d'instruments et de dispositifs d'appoint nécessaires à l'exécution de fonctions comme la programmation et la commande de la charge utile, le formatage des données des instruments, le stockage et la transmission en bloc de ces données, la régulation thermique, le conditionnement et la distribution de l'alimentation, la distribution des signaux et le déploiement de l'antenne du [SAR].

Spanish

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Record 8 2003-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Waves
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

A method of modulation employing both diphase modulation and signal conditioning to eliminate the dc component of a signal, to enhance timing recovery, and to facilitate transmission over VF circuits or coaxial cable facilities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ondes radioélectriques
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)

Spanish

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Record 9 2002-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
CONT

[The company] claims that its ADXL50 is the industry's first micromachined acceleration sensor, and the only one of its kind that offers complete on-chip signal conditioning and self-test circuitry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes

Spanish

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Record 10 2000-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

The main subassemblies of the system(it can support up to 32 terminals) are the master monitor display with data entry panel; signal acquisition conditioning terminals; and the aircraft health monitor recorder and flight incident recorder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)

Spanish

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Record 11 1998-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Aeroindustry
OBS

Conrac has developed a Universal Locator Airborne Integrated Data System ULAIDS), a range of intelligent terminals which can offer both airborne and ground facilities to integrate several hundred aircraft and engine parameters for real-time cockpit display, and provide signal conditioning maintenance data recording and flight incident recording.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Constructions aéronautiques

Spanish

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Record 12 1994-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Security
  • Security Devices
CONT

High speed digital processing has made possible signal conditioning, automatic signature analysis and the use of spatial filtering.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité générale de l'entreprise
  • Dispositifs de sécurité

Spanish

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Record 13 1993-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Motor Vehicle and Bicycle Accessories
CONT

Analog Devices claims that its ADXL50 is the industry's first micromachined acceleration sensor, and the only one of its kind that offers complete on-chip signal conditioning and self-test circuitry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Accessoires d'automobiles et de bicyclettes

Spanish

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Record 14 1987-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
CONT

Noise and vibration analysis system. Difa Benelus is offering a new modular data acquisition system which is designed to be used in measuring vibration and acoustic phenomena in mechanical structures. The system... uses a fast and accurate multiplexer with an analogue-to-digital converter and signal conditioning modules.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
CONT

Équipement modulaire d'analyse vibratoire et acoustique. [...] Nouvel équipement modulaire d'acquisition de données pour les mesures et analyses vibratoires et acoustiques dans les structures métalliques. Appelé Scada, ce système est une unité de multiplexage à grande vitesse et haute précision jointe à un convertisseur analogique-numérique et à des modules de conditionnement de signal.

Spanish

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Record 15 1987-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
DEF

A device used to measure the body temperature of a patient by means of a transduce coupled with an electronic signal amplification, conditioning, and display unit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux

Spanish

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