Digital signal processing for a FT-IR spectrometer using multiple modulations
US6020962A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 10, 1996 |
| Grant date | Feb 1, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 10, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01J3/453
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
By considering a transient signal as merely another signal in a linear, shift-invariant system representing a step-scanning Fourier transform spectrometer, the present invention characterizes the transient signal and then compensates for its effect on the measurement by employing various signal processing techniques. Thus, according to one aspect of the present invention, it provides a method for obtaining the spectrum of the desired signal by subtracting the Fourier transform of the transient signal from the Fourier transform of the composite signal output from the detector (i.e., the signal containing both the desired signal and the transient signal). According to another aspect of the present invention, it provides a method for deriving an estimate of the Fourier transform of the transient signal from the Fourier transform of the composite signal.
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